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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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046091
ISBN
9780486285122
Grade 9-AD
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This classic social novel was first published in 1912 and relates the events in the life of a man with mixed ethnicity. He tries to "pass for white" to make his life easier and more successful. He travels from the rural South to the urban North and even to Europe, all the time observing social happenings and injustices, and fighting his own battle to discover and express his identity. This is a must-read for those interesting in the psychological issues fair-skinned African Americans deal with and the class system in the early 1900s. By James Weldon Johnson, unabridged Dover thrift edition, 100 pgs, pb. ~Rachel
Publisher's Description of Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was a successful lawyer, educator, social reformer, songwriter, and critic. But it was as a poet and novelist that he achieved lasting fame.
Among his most famous works, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man in many ways parallels Johnson's own remarkable life. First published in 1912, the novel relates, through an anonymous narrator, events in the life of an American of mixed ethnicity whose exceptional abilities and ambiguous appearance allow him unusual social mobility — from the rural South to the urban North and eventually to Europe.
A radical departure from earlier books by black authors, this pioneering work not only probes the psychological aspects of "passing for white" but also examines the American caste and class system. The human drama is powerful and revealing — from the narrator's persistent battles with personal demons to his firsthand observations of a Southern lynching and the mingling of races in New York's bohemian atmosphere at the turn of the century.
Revolutionary for its time, the Autobiography remains both an unrivaled example of black expression and a major contribution to American literature.
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| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Dover Publications |
| Author: | James Weldon Johnson |
| Grades: | 9-AD |
| ISBN: | 9780486285122 |
| Length in Inches: | 8.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 5.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.25 |
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