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The autobiography of an ex-colored man / James Weldon Johnson.

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vii, 100 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

First published anonymously in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man has electrified readers ever since with its stark portrayal of the color line in America and its daring modernist style.
Johnson's theme of moral cowardice sets his tragic story of a mulatto in the United States above other sentimental narratives. The unnamed narrator, the offspring of a black mother and white father, tells of his coming-of-age at the beginning of the 20th century. Light-skinned enough to pass for white but emotionally tied to his mother's heritage, he ends up a failure in his own eyes after he chooses to follow the easier path while witnessing a white mob set fire to a black man. -- From Library Journal review by Sandy Glover, West Linn P.L., Oregon.

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Dover thrift editions

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Dover thrift editions

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Fiction

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^^^94039581^

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Harvard Library