James Weldon Johnson: Writings (Loa #145): The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man / Along This Way / Essays and Editorials / Selected Poems

by James Weldon Johnson

Book Overview

James Weldon Johnson's career was one of extraordinary range, spanning the worlds of diplomacy (as U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua), politics (as Secretary of the NAACP), journalism (as founder of one newspaper and longtime editor of another), musical theater (as lyricist for the Broadway songwriting team of Cole and Johnson Brothers), and literature (as novelist, poet, and anthologist). At the dawning of what would become the modern civil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931082529
• ISBN13: 9781931082525
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 828 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher