The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - Couverture rigide

Johnson, James Weldon

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ISBN 10 : 1529069203 ISBN 13 : 9781529069204

Editeur : Macmillan Collector's Library, 2022

Synopsis

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Powerful and unflinching, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a stark portrait of black experience in late nineteenth-century America and remains relevant to this day.

This edition is introduced by Dr. Sam Halliday.

James Weldon Johnson's fictional narrator first learns about his black heritage from a schoolteacher, a discovery which sparks a lifelong search for his place in the world. After his beloved mother dies, he embarks on a journey across America and beyond, first finding refuge in Georgia's all-black church community. There, his passion and skill for music flourishes and takes him from New York to Europe, playing ragtime for a rich white gentleman. Back in America's South, he witnesses an event so terrifying that it drives him to turn his back on his own heritage.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a prolific writer and legendary civil rights activist who produced several novels, a pioneering work of cultural history, the first major anthology of black poetry, and numerous treatises on race relations. He served as U.S. consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua and as secretary of the NAACP.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529069203
• ISBN 13: 9781529069204
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible