Johnson James Weldon - The Autobiography Of An Ex - Colored Man - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex - Colored Man is a powerful trailblazing novel that exposes the intricate relationship between race and class in late nineteenth - century America. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning clothbound pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Dr Sam Halliday. After losing his mother at a very young age the narrator is thrust from his comfortable middle - class environment afforded by his distant but aristocratic father into the wider world. His passion for music begins in Georgia's all - black church community and takes him from New York where he plays ragtime for a rich white gentleman to the South where he witnesses lynchings and out of fear gives up his passion as well as his race to pass for white. Relevant to this day The Autobiography of an Ex - Colored Man is an unflinching account of black experience in America.
Title: The Autobiography Of An Ex - Colored Man
Author(s): Johnson James Weldon
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781529069204
Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Date: 2/22/2022
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Category: Classic Fiction