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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912/1927) by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man," living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lives through a variety of experiences, including witnessing a lynching, that convince him to "pass" as white to secure his safety and advancement, but he feels as if he has given up his dream of "glorifying" the black race by composing ragtime music.

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (en)
  • Autobiografia de um Ex-Negro (pt)
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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912/1927) by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man," living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lives through a variety of experiences, including witnessing a lynching, that convince him to "pass" as white to secure his safety and advancement, but he feels as if he has given up his dream of "glorifying" the black race by composing ragtime music. (en)
  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (no Brasil, Autobiografia de um ex-Negro), é um romance de James Weldon Johnson publicado em 1912, como relato fictício de um homem birracial, conhecido apenas como o "Ex-Negro", vivendo no final do século XIX e início do século XX, nos Estados Unidos. Ele passa por uma variedade de experiências, incluindo a assistir a um linchamento, que o convencem a se "passar" como branco para garantir a sua segurança e progresso, mas ele se sente como se ele estivesse desistindo de seu sonho de "glorificar" a raça negra, compondo música ragtime. (pt)
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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (en)
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  • Sherman, French, & Co.
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