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  • Caroling Dusk
    James Weldon Johnson / Langston Hughes / Paul Laurence Dunbar
    First published in 1927 during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Caroling Dusk collects poems from established and emerging Black poets of the early 20th century. Curated by Countee Cullen, the anthology showcases a rich diversity of voices-including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Georgia Douglas Johnson-each grappling with identity, art, race, and spirituality....
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    17,69 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson’s powerful and poignant 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' explores the complexities of racial identity and the experience of passing in early 20th-century America. This enduring work of autobiographical fiction delves into the life of a biracial man grappling with questions of belonging and self-discovery. Torn between two worlds, he navigates the in...
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    33,87 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson’s powerful and poignant 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' explores the complexities of racial identity and the experience of passing in early 20th-century America. This enduring work of autobiographical fiction delves into the life of a biracial man grappling with questions of belonging and self-discovery. Torn between two worlds, he navigates the in...
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    20,24 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    'The thought did not cross my mind that he was different from me, and even if it had, the mystery would not thereby have been explained; for, notwithstanding my changed relations with most of my schoolmates, I had only a faint knowledge of prejudice and no idea at all how it ramified and affected our entire social organism. I felt, however, that there was something about the wh...
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    14,04 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Collector’s Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)
    James Weldon Johnson
    ~ Collector’s Edition ~ Laminated Hardback with Jacket ~What if a single revelation shattered your entire sense of self? Raised in comfort and privilege, the narrator’s life is upended when he learns he’s biracial in a society divided by race. From the vibrant music halls of Harlem to the cultural depths of the South, he embarks on a journey to understand identity, artistry, an...
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    48,08 €

  • God’s Trombones
    James Weldon Johnson
    From the creator of the Black National Anthem, James Weldon Johnson, comes a tribute to African American religious expression and history with God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. Featuring seven free-verse biblically inspired poems, this critically acclaimed collection celebrates the rhythm, heart, and soul of the Black preacher and his church. ...
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    10,55 €

  • Self-Determining Haiti,Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
    James Weldon Johnson
    Self-Determining Haiti,Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book ...
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    19,66 €

  • God’s Trombones
    James Weldon Johnson
    God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American scholars Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West have identified the collection as one of Johnson’s two most notable works, the other being Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Johnson observed an absence of atte...
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    13,29 €

  • The Book of American Negro Poetry
    James Weldon Johnson
    The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) is an anthology by James Weldon Johnson. Alongside some of his own poems, Johnson includes the work of such legendary artists as Paul Laurence Dunbar, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jessie Fauset, and Georgia Douglas Johnson. Carefully selected and supported with a masterful preface by Johnson, the poems herein reflect a range of voices, styles, and ...
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    18,71 €

  • The Book of American Negro Poetry
    James Weldon Johnson
    The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) is an anthology by James Weldon Johnson. Alongside some of his own poems, Johnson includes the work of such legendary artists as Paul Laurence Dunbar, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jessie Fauset, and Georgia Douglas Johnson. Carefully selected and supported with a masterful preface by Johnson, the poems herein reflect a range of voices, styles, and ...
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    11,34 €

  • Fifty Years and Other Poems
    James Weldon Johnson
    Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917) is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Although less popular than his book God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927), Johnson’s second poetry collection showcases his talents as a rising star of African American literature. Including some poems that would be featured in The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), an influen...
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    5,71 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Royal Collector’s Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
    James Weldon Johnson
    The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the 'Ex-Colored Man,' living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lives through a variety of experiences, including witnessing a lynching, that convince him to 'pass' as white to secure his safety and advancement, bu...
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    54,16 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    A gifted musician’s decision to navigate society as a white man causes an internal debate about anti-blackness and the explicit nature of intent versus impact. James Weldon Johnson presents a distinct conflict driven by a person’s desires and overwhelming fear.The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man follows the story of an unnamed narrator and his unique experience as a fair-sk...
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    6,73 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    A gifted musician’s decision to navigate society as a white man causes an internal debate about anti-blackness and the explicit nature of intent versus impact. James Weldon Johnson presents a distinct conflict driven by a person’s desires and overwhelming fear.The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man follows the story of an unnamed narrator and his unique experience as a fair-sk...
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    9,58 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was an American civil rights activist and writer. He led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was the first African-American professor at New York University. As a writer, Johnson was well-known in the Harlem Renaissance for his novels and poems which dealt primarily with black culture. In “The Autobiography of an E...
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    20,20 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Warbler Classics)
    James Weldon Johnson
    Recalling the great confessional narratives from St. Augustine to Jean Jacques Rousseau, from Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass to Henry Adams, James Weldon Johnson relates the emotionally gripping tale of a mixed-race piano prodigy who can pass for white in turn-of-the-century America. Forced into impossible choices created by an unjust society, the narrator describes h...
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    10,62 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    First published anonymously in 1912, 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' is James Weldon’s Johnson fictional account of a young biracial man living in America during the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. The so-called 'Ex-Colored' man makes his living as a jazz pianist playing ragtime music at a popular New York club. It is here that he ca...
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    8,62 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    2013 Reprint of 1912 Edition. Full facsimile of the original text, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional telling of the story of a young biracial man, referred to only as the 'Ex-Colored Man', living in post Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centu...
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    8,51 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
    The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man explores the intricacies of racial identity through the eventful life of its mixed-race narrator. James Weldon Johnson tells his story where his mulatto mother, aided by monthly checks from his white father, is able to provide a secure and cultured environment. Learning of his black heritage by accident he experiences the first of severa...
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    11,44 €

  • Goyescas
    Enrique Granados / Fernando Perique / James Weldon Johnson
    Goyescas: An Opera In Three Tableaux (1915) is a musical masterpiece written by the Spanish composer, Enrique Granados. The opera is based on the popular and colorful paintings of Francisco Goya, depicting the life and culture of Spain in the 18th century. The story revolves around the passionate love affair between the young aristocrat, Fernando, and the beautiful peasant girl...
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    28,78 €

  • Self-Determining Haiti
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was an American civil rights activist and writer who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was the first African American chosen to be the executive secretary of the organization, a position he held between 1920 and 1930. A skilled writer, Johnson made a name for himself during the Harlem Renaissance for ...
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    16,52 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
    James Weldon Johnson
    This narrative of a mulatto man who is able to pass as while is an illuminating look into his journey across color lines. Johnson believed that the status of the American Negro would be improved by making their literature known to the general public. His journey takes him from a Negro college to a nightclub in New York. The culture shock of traveling from the rural South to ...
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    18,67 €

  • The Book of American Negro Poetry
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson is the editor of The Book of American Negro Poetry. Johnson compiled this work because it was his belief that a group of people is not known for their greatness until their art and literature is known. Johnson believed that the status of the American Negro would be improved by making their literature known to the general public. The following is a list of p...
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    22,96 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (an African American Heritage Book)
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson’s landmark novel is an emotionally gripping and poignant look into race relations. The protagonist, a half-white half-black man of very light complexion, known only as an ex-colored man, makes a choice between his heritage and the art that he loves and the ability to escape the inherent racism that he faces by passing as a white. Because of his knowledge of...
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    9,81 €

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (an African American Heritage Book)
    James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson’s landmark novel is an emotionally gripping and poignant look into race relations. The protagonist, a half-white half-black man of very light complexion, known only as an ex-colored man, makes a choice between his heritage and the art that he loves and the ability to escape the inherent racism that he faces by passing as a white. Because of his knowledge of...
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    28,27 €

  • Self-Determining Haiti (1920)
    James Weldon Johnson
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,11 €


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