The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: James Weldon Johnson
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Selected writings
- Genres: Short fiction, Essays
- Subjects: African Americans, Politics, Racism, Literature, Religion, Imperialism
James Weldon Johnson is best known as the author of the words of what is still sometimes called the Negro national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” as well as the oft-neglected but never forgotten novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man (1912), which is included in volume 2 of The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson. Editor Sondra Kathryn Wilson is interested in excavating the writings of a complete public intellectual, a man who, apart from his literary accomplishments, had much to say about politics, religion, American imperialism, literature, and...
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