James Weldon Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 85452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Weldon Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Weldon |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; author of “Fifty Years and Other Poems,” “The Book of American Negro Poetry” and other works |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7465-3854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1923 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
AI and the Bomb
Race Prejudice and the Negro Artist (1928)
Mo
Journal Article Mo: The Life and Times of Morris K. Udall and Too Funny To Be President Get access Mo: The Life and Times of Morris K. Udall. By Carson Donald W. Johnson James W.. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. xvii + 332 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)Too Funny To Be President. By Udall Morris K.. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. xvii + 249 pp. $15.95, paper.) Richard Lowitt Richard Lowitt Universi…
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Volume I
Songs of Freedom
The selected writings of James Weldon Johnson
Three Negro Classics
UP FROM SLAVERY The autobiography of Booker T Washington is a startling portrait ofone of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The illegitimate son of 'a white man and a Negro slave, Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien society. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK W.E.B. DuBois's classic is a major sociological document and one of…
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
Fictional autobiography of a fair-skinned African American and his observations on race problems in America. Written by the first African American leader of the NAACP and native of Jacksonville, Fla.
Quo Vadis
Along This Way
In this autobiography, Johnson provides a window into life as a black man in the United States, describing race relations battles and his own triumph over prejudice. He became a professor at Fisk University, served as consul in Nicaragua and Venezuela and was the first black executive of the NAACP
Along This Way
The Book of American Negro Poetry
TrefaceIn spite of the bans which musicians and music teachers have placed on it, the people still demand and enjoy Ragtime.In fact, there is not a corner of the civilized world in which it is not known and liked.And this proves its originality, for if it were an imitation, the people of Europe, at least, would not have found it a novelty.And it is proof of a more important thing, it is proof that Ragtime possesses the vital spark, the power to a…
Black and White
Journal Article Black and White Get access Guy B. Johnson Guy B. Johnson University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 10, Issue 1, October 1931, Pages 122–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/10.1.122 Published: 01 October 1931
The Book of American Negro Spirituals
The Second Book of Negro Spirituals
Lynching—America’s National Disgrace
Essay| January 01 1924 Lynching—America’s National Disgrace James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson Secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; author of “Fifty Years and Other Poems,” “The Book of American Negro Poetry” and other works Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1924) 19 (4): 596–601. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1924.19.4.596 Views Icon Views Article con…
James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry
The Book of American Negro Poetry
TrefaceIn spite of the bans which musicians and music teachers have placed on it, the people still demand and enjoy Ragtime.In fact, there is not a corner of the civilized world in which it is not known and liked.And this proves its originality, for if it were an imitation, the people of Europe, at least, would not have found it a novelty.And it is proof of a more important thing, it is proof that Ragtime possesses the vital spark, the power to a…
James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry
Black and White
Journal Article Black and White Get access Guy B. Johnson Guy B. Johnson University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 10, Issue 1, October 1931, Pages 122–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/10.1.122 Published: 01 October 1931
James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry
Lynching—America’s National Disgrace
Essay| January 01 1924 Lynching—America’s National Disgrace James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson Secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; author of “Fifty Years and Other Poems,” “The Book of American Negro Poetry” and other works Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1924) 19 (4): 596–601. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1924.19.4.596 Views Icon Views Article con…
The Second Book of Negro Spirituals
The Book of American Negro Spirituals
Black and White
Journal Article Black and White Get access Guy B. Johnson Guy B. Johnson University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 10, Issue 1, October 1931, Pages 122–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/10.1.122 Published: 01 October 1931
The Book of American Negro Poetry
TrefaceIn spite of the bans which musicians and music teachers have placed on it, the people still demand and enjoy Ragtime.In fact, there is not a corner of the civilized world in which it is not known and liked.And this proves its originality, for if it were an imitation, the people of Europe, at least, would not have found it a novelty.And it is proof of a more important thing, it is proof that Ragtime possesses the vital spark, the power to a…
Along This Way
In this autobiography, Johnson provides a window into life as a black man in the United States, describing race relations battles and his own triumph over prejudice. He became a professor at Fisk University, served as consul in Nicaragua and Venezuela and was the first black executive of the NAACP
Along This Way
Quo Vadis
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
Fictional autobiography of a fair-skinned African American and his observations on race problems in America. Written by the first African American leader of the NAACP and native of Jacksonville, Fla.
Three Negro Classics
UP FROM SLAVERY The autobiography of Booker T Washington is a startling portrait ofone of the great Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The illegitimate son of 'a white man and a Negro slave, Washington, a man who struggled for his education, would go on to struggle for the dignity of all his people in a hostile and alien society. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK W.E.B. DuBois's classic is a major sociological document and one of…
The selected writings of James Weldon Johnson
Songs of Freedom
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Volume I
Mo
Journal Article Mo: The Life and Times of Morris K. Udall and Too Funny To Be President Get access Mo: The Life and Times of Morris K. Udall. By Carson Donald W. Johnson James W.. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. xvii + 332 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)Too Funny To Be President. By Udall Morris K.. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. xvii + 249 pp. $15.95, paper.) Richard Lowitt Richard Lowitt Universi…
Race Prejudice and the Negro Artist (1928)
AI and the Bomb
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