A review by lmbradley
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson, Arna Bontemps

5.0

This book is hugely thought-provoking on at least two levels: 1) plotwise, as I can't stop thinking about the main character and his life-altering choice, right wrong or other, and 2) craftwise, for James Weldon Johnson created a sympathetic though flawed character whose climactic decision forced me to re-examine all that unfolded before to determine which opinions on "the race question" were in fact the author's and which were merely the character's. An amazing example of the not-quite-autobiography.