The Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" by James Weldon Johnson is a novel published in 1912. It follows a biracial man navigating post-Reconstruction America who can pass as either Black or white. After witnessing a lynching and experiencing racial violence, he makes a fateful choice about his identity and future. The narrator abandons his dream of celebrating Black culture through ragtime music, choosing safety and advancement over authenticity. This groundbreaking work explores race, class, and the cost of denying one's heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_an_Ex-Colored_Man Release date is 2004-02-01 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Bradley Norton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified African American men -- Fiction Racially mixed people -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11012 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11012 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133249.0 11012