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The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I the New York Age Editorials (1914-1923)
ISBN: 9780195076448 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) would have been judged a successful man had he merely remained the principal of Stanton School in his hometown of Jacksonville, FL. Destiny led him, however, to become the first African-American to pass the Florida Bar exam, to win international acclaim as a songwriter, poet, novelist, diplomat, playwright, journalist, and champion of human rights. Since that time, though, his life and contributions have gone virtually unnoticed, except for his well-known song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Johnson's dual role as civil rights leader and literary artist was...
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) would have been judged a successful man had he merely remained the principal of Stanton School in his hometown of Jac...
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732,51 zł |
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The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Messenger Magazine
ISBN: 9780375755392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A selection of writings from The Messenger, a magazine of the Harlem Renaissance which reflected socialist ideology, includes works by Paul Robeson, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
A selection of writings from The Messenger, a magazine of the Harlem Renaissance which reflected socialist ideology, includes works by Paul Robeson, Z...
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99,98 zł |
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Social Political, and Literary Essays
ISBN: 9780195076455 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These two volumes of writings represent Johnson's experiences as one of black America's premier civil rights statesmen, and leader, participant, and historian of the Black Literary Movement of the 1920s.
These two volumes of writings represent Johnson's experiences as one of black America's premier civil rights statesmen, and leader, participant, and h...
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732,51 zł |
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Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel
ISBN: 9781451646160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A "brassy yet deeply respectful book" (Publishers Weekly), this is a lively social history based on first-hand accounts of the legendary Hotel Theresa--one of the New York landmarks that established Harlem as a mecca of black culture. In mid-twentieth century America, Harlem was the cultural capital of African America, and the Theresa was the place for black people to see and be seen. The hotel was known to have the hottest nightlife in the world and to be the only grand hotel in Manhattan that welcomed nonwhites. The thirteen-story building still stands on the historic corner of...
A "brassy yet deeply respectful book" (Publishers Weekly), this is a lively social history based on first-hand accounts of the legendary Hotel ...
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82,55 zł |
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In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, & Roy Wilkins (1920-1977)
ISBN: 9780195116335 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This collection of writings offers a glimpse into the minds of three N.A.A.C.P. leaders who occupied the center of black thought and action during some of the most troublesome and pivotal times of the civil rights movement. The volume delineates fifty-seven years of the N.A.A.C.P.'s program under the successive direction of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. These writings illustrate the vital roles of these three leaders in building a peoples liberation, underscoring not only their progressive influence throughout their time in power, but also a vision of the future as race...
This collection of writings offers a glimpse into the minds of three N.A.A.C.P. leaders who occupied the center of black thought and action during som...
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720,21 zł |
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The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine
ISBN: 9780375753794 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Modern Library Harlem Renaissance
In 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and... Modern Library Harlem Renaissance
In 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist... |
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117,37 zł |
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The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis Magazine
ISBN: 9780375752315 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After its start in 1910, The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races magazine became the major outlet for works by African American writers and intellectuals. In 1920, Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was published in The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois, the magazine's editor, wrote about the coming "renaissance of American Negro literature," beginning what is now known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Crisis Reader is a collection of poems, short stories, plays, and essays from this great literary period and includes, in addition to four previously unpublished poems by James...
After its start in 1910, The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races magazine became the major outlet for works by African American writers and intellect...
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99,98 zł |
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Along This Way
ISBN: 9780306809293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here is, to quote the eminent historian Nathan Irvin Huggins, "one of the finest American autobiographies written in this century." Born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida, James Weldon Johnson began his career as a high-school principal. He went on to attain success as a songwriter on Broadway and as the compiler of the definitive Book of American Negro Spirituals. But he achieved one of his greatest triumphs in 1912, when, under a pseudonym, he published The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man--a classic novel about a musician who rejects his black roots, a novel that is still in...
Here is, to quote the eminent historian Nathan Irvin Huggins, "one of the finest American autobiographies written in this century." Born in 1871 in Ja...
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108,63 zł |
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Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson
ISBN: 9780143105176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The autobiography of the celebrated African American writer and civil rights activist
Published just four years before his death in 1938, James Weldon Johnson's autobiography is a fascinating portrait of an African American who broke the racial divide at a time when the Harlem Renaissance had not yet begun to usher in the civil rights movement. Not only an educator, lawyer, and diplomat, Johnson was also one of the most revered leaders of his time, going on to serve as the first black president of the NAACP (which had previously been run only by whites), as well as write the... The autobiography of the celebrated African American writer and civil rights activist
Published just four years before his death in 1938, ... |
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86,94 zł |
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Complete Poems
ISBN: 9780141185453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 2000 marks the centenary of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," James Weldon Johnson's most famous lyric, which is now embraced as the Negro National Anthem. In celebration, this Penguin original collects all the poems from Johnson's published works Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917), God's Trombones (1927), and Saint Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day (1935) along with a number of previously unpublished poems.
Sondra Kathryn Wilson, the foremost authority on Johnson and his work, provides an introduction that sheds light on Johnson's many achievements and his... 2000 marks the centenary of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," James Weldon Johnson's most famous lyric, which is now embraced as the Negro National Anthem....
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82,59 zł |
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Lift Every Voice and Sing: Selected Poems
ISBN: 9780141183879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This selection of more than forty poems from a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance includes both uncompromising indictments of racial injustice and celebrations of the triumphs of African-Americans.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and... This selection of more than forty poems from a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance includes both uncompromising indictments of racial injustice a...
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82,59 zł |
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