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The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson

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Name: James Weldon Johnson
Birth Date: 1871
Death Date: 1938
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, teacher, politician, lawyer

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Biography of James Weldon Johnson
536 words, approx. 1.8 pages
African American man of letters James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was also a teacher, politician, and lawyer. He is best known for his novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, and a book of poems, God's Trombones. On June 17, 1871, James Weldon John...
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Biography of James Weldon Johnson
8641 words, approx. 28.8 pages
Versatility is the most salient characteristic of the life and career of James Weldon Johnson. Equipped with restless intelligence, abundant energy, and "an abhorrence of spare time," he crowded almost a dozen occupations into a busy lifetime, excelling...
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Biography of James Weldon Johnson
7718 words, approx. 25.7 pages
Versatility is the most salient characteristic of the life and career of James Weldon Johnson . Equipped with restless intelligence, abundant energy, and "an abhorrence of spare time," he crowded almost a dozen occupations into a busy lifetime, excelling...


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Studies in American Fiction
Irony and subversion in James Weldon Johnson's 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man'.
03/22/1993: 6,696 words, approx. 22 pages
The ambiguity of color lines and the way race is created through the use of language are the major themes of James Weldon Johnson's 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.' The narrator holds the opinion that separation of the races is a fact of...
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The Boston Globe
Autobiography Of A Good Man
07/18/1988: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
TILTING AT WINDMILLS. An Autobiography, by Charles Peters. Addison-Wesley. 294 pp. $18.95. Illustrated. Charles Peters, editor of The Washington Monthly, inventor of neoliberalism, one-time trial lawyer, state legislator and Peace Corps bureaucrat, has written the story of his life. Unless you subscribe...
 


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