Fifty years & Other Poems - Softcover

Johnson, James Weldon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514311704 ISBN 13: 9781514311707

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Fifty years & Other Poems is a classic African American poetry collection by James Weldon Johnson. Of the hundred millions who make up the population of the United States ten millions come from a stock ethnically alien to the other ninety millions. They are not descended from ancestors who came here voluntarily, in the spirit of adventure to better themselves or in the spirit of devotion to make sure of freedom to worship God in their own way. They are the grandchildren of men and women brought here against their wills to serve as slaves.

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About the Author

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a prolific writer and legendary civil rights activist who produced several novels, a pioneering work of cultural history, the first major anthology of black poetry, and numerous treatises on race relations. He served as U.S. consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua and as secretary of the NAACP"."

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1514311704
• ISBN 13: 9781514311707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98