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

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

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  • Genre Black Literature
  • Publisher Standard Ebooks
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  • Length 161 Pages

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is the story of a young bi-racial man living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lives through a variety of experiences, including witnessing a lynching, that convince him to "pass" as white to secure his safety and advancement, but he feels as if he has given up his dream of "glorifying" the black race.

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