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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

by James Weldon Johnson · 1900

Biography & Memoir · ranked #32 in category

"The Auto-biography of an Ex-colored Man," by James Weldon Johnson, is the tragic fictional story of an unnamed narrator who tells the story of his coming-of-age at the beginning of the 20th century.

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The verdict

Category
Biography & Memoir
First published
1900 · 1900s
Author
James Weldon Johnson
Standing
Recommended

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