James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
Auteur de The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Jacksonville Fla. in 1871, James Weldon Johnson was one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His career was varied and included periods as a teacher, lawyer, songwriter (with his brother J. Rosamond Johnson), and diplomat (as United States Consul to Puerto Cabello, afficher plus Venezuela, from 1906 to 1909). Among his most famous writings are Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, published anonymously in 1912, and God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927), the winner of the Harmon Gold Award. He was also editor of several anthologies of African-American poetry and spirituals, and in 1933 his autobiography, Along This Way, was published. He served as Secretary to the NAACP from 1916 to 1930 and was a professor of literature at Fisk University in Nashville from 1930 until his death in 1938. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo taken circa 1920s
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Œuvres de James Weldon Johnson
"I'll Make Me a World" - James Weldon Johnson's Story of the Creation (Poem from Johnson's "God's Trombones") (1972) 13 exemplaires
The Second Book of Negro Spirituals 5 exemplaires
Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the… (2011) 4 exemplaires
Poetry 1 exemplaire
Mother Night 1 exemplaire
The Poetry Of James Weldon Johnson: "Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God." 1 exemplaire
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume II: Social, Political, and Literary Essays (1995) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I: New York Age Editorials (1914-1923) (1995) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Since you went away 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker (2000) — Contributeur — 438 exemplaires
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (2009) — Contributeur — 114 exemplaires
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Contributeur — 100 exemplaires
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributeur — 83 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Johnson, James Weldon
- Date de naissance
- 1871-06-17
- Date de décès
- 1938-06-26
- Lieu de sépulture
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA ([2733])
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Wiscasset, Maine, USA
- Cause du décès
- car crash
- Lieux de résidence
- Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
New York, New York, USA - Études
- Edwin M. Stanton School
Atlanta University (AB|1894)
Atlanta University, (AM|1904)
Columbia University (1902-05) - Professions
- poet
novelist
composer
lawyer
editor
diplomat (tout afficher 11)
teacher
principal
professor
historian
musician - Relations
- Johnson, J. Rosamond (brother)
Johnson, Grace Nail (wife) - Organisations
- American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (charter member)
Academy of Political Science
Ethical Society
Civic Club
Phi Beta Sigma
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (tout afficher 16)
Stanton College Preparatory School (principal)
Fisk University (professor)
The Daily American (founder and editor)
Colored Republican Club (treasurer)
New York Age (editorial writer)
American Fund for Public Service (director)
Bar of the State of Florida
Stanton Central Grammar School for Negroes (teacher and principal)
Cole and the Johnson Brothers
New York University - Prix et distinctions
- Spingarn Medal (1925)
Julius Rosenwald Fund Grant
Honorary doctorate, Talladega College
Honorary doctorate, Howard University
U.S. Postal Service stamp
Feast Day, Episcopal Church (tout afficher 9)
Spence Chair of Creative Literature at Fisk University
Harmon Gold Award (1928)
W. E. B. DuBois Prize (1933)
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Critiques
Unexpected opening, then got boring as writer passes as white.
Even after witnessing the horrors of slavery mentality - burning a man alive,
he continued to pretend to be white and married a white woman and had children.
His regrets are strange.
The author wrote the words to "Lift Every Voice and Sing,"
and, along with his brother, lived in New York and wrote many Broadway tunes
as he became a leader in the Harlem Renaissance.
Even after witnessing the horrors of slavery mentality - burning a man alive,
he continued to pretend to be white and married a white woman and had children.
His regrets are strange.
The author wrote the words to "Lift Every Voice and Sing,"
and, along with his brother, lived in New York and wrote many Broadway tunes
as he became a leader in the Harlem Renaissance.
This book is a work of art, illustrated with linocut prints by Elizabeth Catlett. The introduction gives biographical information on the artist, poet and composer, as well as a history of the song known as the African American National Anthem. The Johnsons were principal and music teacher and created the song for a program celebrating Abraham Lincoln's birthday. The original titles of the prints are listed. The score is included.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 33
- Aussi par
- 29
- Membres
- 3,771
- Popularité
- #6,721
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 62
- ISBN
- 227
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 3
Young man-
You’re never lonesome in Babylon.
You can always join a crowd in Babylon.
Young man -
Young man -
You can never be alone in Babylon,
Alone with your Jesus in Babylon.
You can never find a place, a lonesome place,
A lonesome place to go down on your knees,
And talk with your God, in Babylon.
You’re always in a crowd in Babylon.
- excerpt from The Prodigal Son