The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
by James Weldon Johnson (Author), William L. Andrews (Author)
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Johnson's theme of moral cowardice sets his tragic story of a mulatto in the United States above other sentimental narratives. The unnamed narrator, the offspring of a black mother and white father, tells of his coming-of-age at the beginning of the 20th century. Light-skinned enough to pass for white but emotionally tied to his mother's heritage, he ends up a failure in his own eyes after he chooses to follow the easier path while witnessing a white mob set fire to a black man. Reader Allen Gilmore contributes a fine reading.
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics (February 1, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140184023
ISBN-13: 978-0140184020