James Weldon Johnson (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Harold W. Felton
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 1877–1938
- Setting: Jacksonville, Florida; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; London, England; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Corinto, Nicaragua; and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: James Weldon Johnson, James Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson, Helen Louise Dillet Johnson, Ricardo Rodriguez, Agnes Marian Edwards, Dr. T. O. Summers, Thomas A. Ledwith, Bob Cole, Charles W. Anderson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Segregation or integration, Racism, Authors or writers, Leadership, Education or educators, Lawyers, Composers, Biography
- Locales: New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, Jacksonville, FL, Washington, D.C., London, England, Venezuela, Nicaragua
Form and Content
In fifteen brief chapters of chronological narrative, Harold W. Felton, the author of eighteen previous stories for young readers, depicts the rise of an obscure African American to eminence as an educator, lawyer, composer, writer-poet, and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during a period of tightening segregation and ingrained racial intolerance. Each chapter of James Weldon Johnson is enhanced by the full-page illustrations of the award-winning artist Charles Shaw. The author’s fictionalized...
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