The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" by James Weldon Johnson is a novel published in 1912. It follows a biracial man navigating post-Reconstruction America who can pass as either Black or white. After witnessing a lynching and experiencing racial violence, he makes a fateful choice about his identity and future. The narrator abandons his dream of celebrating Black culture through ragtime music, choosing safety and advancement over authenticity. This groundbreaking work explores
race, class, and the cost of denying one's heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_an_Ex-Colored_Man |
| Credits | Produced by Suzanne Shell, Bradley Norton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | African American men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Racially mixed people -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 11012 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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