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Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson

by James Weldon Johnson , Sondra Kathryn Wilson

ISBN 0143105175 (0-14-310517-5)
Softcover, Penguin Classics

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Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson: ISBN 0140184015 (0-14-018401-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson: ISBN 0306705397 (0-306-70539-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
Along This Way: ISBN 0143105175 (0-14-310517-5)
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ISBN 9780140184020 (0-14-018402-3, 0140184023)

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

by James Weldon Johnson , William L. Andrews

ISBN 0140184023 (0-14-018402-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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With the possible exceptions of Dr. Alain Locke and W.E.B. Du Bois, no African American excelled on as many different levels as James Weldon Johnson. Along This Way--the first autobiography by a person of color to be reviewed in The New York Times--not only chronicles his life as an educator, lawyer, diplomat, newspaper editor, lyricist, poet, essayist, and political activist but also outlines the trials and triumphs of African Americans from post-Reconstruction to the rise and fall of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Florida in 1871 to middle-class West Indian parents, Johnson recognized the challenges and absurdities of segregated America early on. But it was his experience as a tutor to rural blacks while a student at Atlanta University that was to alter the course of his life: "It was this period that marked the beginning of psychological change from boyhood to manhood," he writes. "It was this period that marked also the beginning of my knowledge of my own people as a race."

With a rare blend of pride and humility, Johnson recounts how he, among other accomplishments, became Florida's first black lawyer in 1898, a diplomat in Venezuela and Nicaragua, and lyricist for his brother Rosamond Johnson's famous song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Johnson's commentary on his epochal novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, as well as writings on his works of poetry--The Creation, God's Trombones, and Fifty Years and Other Poems--is priceless. Equally important are the logical and even-tempered opinions on race that he wrote for The New York Age, which offered comprehensive critiques of Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey, along with his analysis of the racial climate while serving as head of the NAACP. This remarkable man left a mark on the 20th century that goes beyond the boundary of race. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]

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Black Manhattan

by James Weldon Johnson

ISBN 030680431X (0-306-80431-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books

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ISBN 9780156135399 (0-15-613539-6, 0156135396)

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The Book of American Negro Poetry

by James Weldon Johnson

ISBN 0156135396 (0-15-613539-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books

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A landmark anthology of forty poets that brought serious attention to writers such as Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. The poetry, the prefaces, and Johnson's critical notes have made this book a classic. Indices. [via]

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ISBN 9780306800740 (0-306-80074-8, 0306800748)

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The Books of American Negro Spirituals: Including the Book of American Negro Spirituals and the Second Book of Negro Spirituals

by Lawrence Brown, J.W. Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson , Johnson

ISBN 0306800748 (0-306-80074-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group

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This stirring collection of Negro spirituals, edited by the great Negro poet James Weldon Johnson and arranged for voice and piano by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson, presents 120 of these melodic�and intensely moving�religious folk songs for contemporary performance. The original language has been faithfully preserved in this convenient performing edition, so that the spirituals can be sung today exactly as they were more than a hundred years ago. Included in this special, two-volumes-in-one publication are such perennial favorites as Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Deep River, Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho, and Go Down Moses�songs handed down from generation to generation in a rich oral tradition, and painstakingly assembled and edited for the enjoyment of future generations. The songs are prefaced by James Weldon Johnsons masterful discussions of their origins, musical quality, and historical significance. Above all, he stresses the essential dignity of the Negro spirituals, which, though no doubt inspired by the religious faith of their masters, �are purely and solely the creation of the American Negro.

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The Books of American Negro Spirituals: Including the Book of American Negro Spirituals and the Second Book of Negro Spirituals: ISBN 0306800748 (0-306-80074-8)
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Clementi Collvol

by James Weldon Johnson , J. Rosamond Johnson

ISBN 0306772612 (0-306-77261-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group

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Clementi Collvol: ISBN 0306772612 (0-306-77261-2)
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Complete Poems

by James Weldon Johnson , Sondra K. Wilson

ISBN 0141185457 (0-14-118545-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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God's Trombones

by James Weldon Johnson , C.B. Falls, Aaron Douglas

ISBN 0140184031 (0-14-018403-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success. In Gods Trombones, one of his most celebrated works, inspirational sermons of African American preachers are reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of the spirituals. This classic collection includes Listen LordA Prayer, The Creation, The Prodigal Son, Go Down DeathA Funeral Sermon, Noah Built the Ark, The Crucifixion, Let My People Go, and The Judgment Day. [via]

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ISBN 9780060541477 (0-06-054147-4, 0060541474)

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

by James Weldon Johnson , Bryan Collier

ISBN 0060541474 (0-06-054147-4)
Hardcover, Amistad Pr

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From award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier, a stunning new picture book version of the well-known song that has become known as the African-American National Hymn. [via]

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