Johnson's most famous and most successful book is God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927). The poems in this volume, written in the dialect and rhythm of Southern African American preachers, deal with good and evil in a sinful world.
In 1933, Johnson published Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson, a reflective and detailed account of his fascinating and varied life. The volume includes nineteen photographs of Weldon and his family and friends.
Wallace Thurman's novel The Blacker the Berry (1929) was the first novel to explore prejudice within the African American community against those of darker skin. Emma Lou Brown's journey to New York City echoes the Ex-Coloured Man's in her enjoyment of the night life but is different because her acceptance is affected by her dark skin.
Zadie Smith's debut.....
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