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James Weldon Johnson’s The Auto-biography of an Ex-Coloured Man portrays African American identity in post-Civil War America. ...
And, this is the distorting influence which operates upon each and every coloured man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the view-point of a citizen, or a man, or even human being, but from the view-point of a coloured man. ... His benefactor, a man of power and money, yielded control over him, waking him in early morning hours to play piano until his fingers numbed. ... ” (142) “ In response to the narrator’s lofty aspirations, the benefactor replied, “My boy, you are by blood, by appearance, by education, and by tastes a white man. ...
James Weldon Johnson’s “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man,” presents the story of a mulatto man coming of age in post-civil war society.
Approximate Word count = 1202
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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