{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man-paperback","title":"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Weldon Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginally published in 1912, this novel was one of the first to present a frank picture of being black in America \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasked in the tradition of the literary confession practiced by such writers as St. Augustine and Rousseau, this \"autobiography\" purports to be a candid account of its narrator's private views and feelings as well as an acknowledgement of the central secret of his life: that though he lives as a white man, he is, by heritage and experience, an African-American. Written by the first black executive secretary of the NAACP, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man\u003c\/i\u003e, in its depiction of turn-of-the-century New York, anticipates the social realism of the Harlem Renaissance writers. In its unprecedented analysis of the social causes of a black man's denial of the best within himself, it is perhaps James Weldon Johnson's greatest service to his race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Weldon Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1871. Among the first to break through the barriers segregating his race, he was educated at Atlanta University and at Columbia and was the first black admitted to the Florida bar. He was also, for a time, a songwriter in New York, American consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua, executive secretary of the NAACP, and professor of creative literature at Fisk University--experiences recorded in his autobiography, \u003cb\u003eAlong This Way\u003c\/b\u003e. Other books by him include \u003cb\u003eSaint Peter Relates an Incident\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBlack Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eGod's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse.\u003c\/b\u003e In addition to his own writing, Johnson was the editor of pioneering anthologies of black American poetry and spirituals. He died in 1938. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eTo Tell a Free Story\u003c\/b\u003e and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.78 x 4.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44290942304358,"sku":"9780140184020","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WFo4WlBpRlZzVzR3SmJzSGFuZDlTQT09.webp?v=1766850926","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}