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The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
The Autobiography of an ExColoured Man
Author: James Weldon Johnson
First published anonymously in 1912, this resolutely unsentimental novel gave many white readers their first glimpse of the double standard -- and double consciousness -- that ruled the lives of black people in modern America. Republished in 1927, at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, with an introduction by Carl Van Vechten, The Autobiograph...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679727538
ISBN-10: 0679727531
Publication Date: 12/17/1989
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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I was quite surprised by this book. It was a very interesting glance into the early 1900s. I found myself feeling bad for the man. Between two diametrically opposing worlds. Extremely interesting slice of life.
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A classic and early book on the issues of race.


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