THE ATHENAEUMThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManJames Weldon Johnson
Returning Voices
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA musician of mixed race tells how he came to pass as white, and what it cost him. Johnson published it anonymously in 1912, and many readers took it for a true confession. He put his name to it in 1927.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 3 hr 30 min
- Where to find it
- On the Returning Voices shelves
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #11012. In the public domain in the United States.