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          The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man", living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth....

          A novel documenting the life of an American of mixed ethnicity who moves freely in society - from the rural south to urban North and then Europe.

        1. The novel relates, through an anonymous narrator, events in the life of an American of mixed ethnicity whose exceptional abilities and ambiguous appearance.
        2. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man", living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth.
        3. A gifted musician's decision to navigate society as a white man causes an internal debate about anti-blackness and the explicit nature of intent versus.
        4. Johnson, James Weldon, The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man. New York, Dover Publications, Inc. Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation .

          5. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

          Book by James Weldon Johnson

          The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912/1927) by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man", living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

          He lives through a variety of experiences, including witnessing a lynching, that convince him to "pass" as white to secure his safety and advancement, but he feels as if he has given up his dream of "glorifying" the black race by composing ragtime music.

          History

          Johnson originally published The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Mananonymously in 1912, via the small Boston publisher Sherman, French, & Company.[1] He decided to publish it anonymously because he was uncertain how the potentially controversial book would affect his diplomatic career.

          He wrote openly about issues of race and discrimination that were not common then in li