James Weldon Johnson's career was one of extraordinary range, spanning the worlds of diplomacy (a...

From the creator of the Black National Anthem, James Weldon Johnson, comes a tribute to African A...

From the creator of the Black National Anthem, James Weldon Johnson, comes a tribute to African A...

James Weldon Johnson's emotionally gripping novel is a landmark in black literary history and, mo...

Excerpt: ...the brand of wine, it advertised that the party was drinking wine, and advertised how...

First published anonymously in 1912, 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' is James Weldon's J...

2013 Reprint of 1912 Edition.Full facsimile of the original text, not reproduced with Optical Rec...

Recalling the great confessional narratives from St. Augustine to Jean Jacques Rousseau, from Ben...

Reproduction of the original: Self-Determining Haiti by James Weldon Johnson

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

James Weldon Johnson is the editor of The Book of American Negro Poetry. Johnson compiled this wo...

This narrative of a mulatto man who is able to pass as while is an illuminating look into his jou...