Perhaps best known for writing the Black National Anthem, Lift
Every Voice and Sing ,
But, he is stunned when one day in school a teacher asks the
white students to stand, and scolds him
As a young man, the death of his mother & sale of their house
leaves him with a small stake & he
When the factory closes, he heads North again, this time to New
York City and discovers Ragtime
Inevitably, he is drawn back to America and to music. He
tours the South collecting musical
Abandoning his musical ambitions, he takes a job as a clerk, does
well investing in real estate & meets
As the novel closes, the "ex-colored man" tells us: "My love
for my children makes me glad that I am
And the reader can't help but feel profoundly ashamed of a system
of racial oppression that forced a
(Reviewed:) Grade: (B+) Tweet Websites:-ESSAY: James Weldon Johnson’s Ode to the “Deep River” of American History (New Republic, Mar. 2nd, 2021) Book-related and General Links: -Academy of American Poets: Poetry Exhibits--James Weldon Johnson -E-text of Fifty Years and Other Poems -Poems by James Weldon Johnson -James Weldon Johnson Teachers Guide Comments:Ithougth that i would just get a brief very short summary bu this was great well said and accurate imean ithought i understood the book but this really made clearwhat went on in the book - kiera - May-15-2007, 00:51 ******************************************************* |
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