{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man-2","title":"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Hardcover, 142 pages – Martino Fine Books, 2013) – Martino Fine Books, 2013. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2013 Reprint of 1912 Edition. Full facsimile of the original text, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. \"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man\" by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional telling of the story 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 century. The Ex-Colored Man was forced to choose between embracing his black heritage and culture by expressing himself through the African-American musical genre ragtime, or by \"passing\" and living obscurely as a mediocre middle-class white man. Though the title suggests otherwise, the book is not an autobiography but a novel. However, the book is based on the lives of people Johnson knew and from events in his own life. Johnson's text is an example of a \"roman à clef.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Weldon Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53105257382112,"sku":"9781614275275","price":83.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/51n1_11ZTpL._SY522.jpg?v=1781779591","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man-2","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}