Author: James Weldon Johnson

Originally published in 1912, this novel was one of the first to present a frank picture of being black in AmericaMasked in the tradition of the li...

Johnson's unprecedented role as civil rights leader and literary artist was a dual one that has not been replicated since his time. This volume co...

In two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spirituals kno...

Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his African American heritage or “pa...

The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) is an anthology by James Weldon Johnson. Alongside some of his own poems, Johnson includes the work of suc...

Masked in the tradition of the literary confession as practiced by such writers as St. Augustine and Rousseau, this "autobiography" purports to be ...

James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a powerful, trailblazing novel that exposes the intricate relationship between rac...