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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man was first published anonymously in 1912, which made it appear an authentic autobiography.
It is, in fact, a fictitious work by James Weldon Johnson, a writer, musician, and activist. The novel was published again in 1927 under the author’s own name. While the unnamed narrator, the ex-colored man, shares some characteristics with Johnson, it is not representative of the author’s life.
The novel remains one of Johnson’s most influential works.
The narrator starts his story during his childhood with his mom and occasional visits by a White gentleman in Georgia.
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For reasons unknown to him until years later, his mom moves them to Connecticut where he lives a comfortable existence, attending school and reading and playing music in his spare time. At school the boy excels in his studies but doesn’t have many friends other than his best friend “Red,” nicknamed for his red hair.
One fateful