The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Name: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Author: James Weldon Johnson

by James Weldon Johnson

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-02-01

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

African American men -- Fiction Racially mixed people -- Fiction

About the author

James Weldon Johnson

1871–1938

A central voice of the Harlem Renaissance, he brought together poetry, fiction, music, diplomacy, and civil rights work in one remarkable life. Best known for works like The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and for helping shape "Lift Every Voice and Sing," he wrote with clarity, feeling, and a deep sense of purpose.

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