Quotes by James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

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In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped ther — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
There were two immediate results of my forced loneliness: I began to find company in books, and greater pleasure in musi — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient. — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
American musicians, instead of investigating ragtime, attempt to ignore it, or dismiss it with a contemptuous word. But — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The fact is, nothing great or enduring, especially in music, has ever sprung full-fledged and unprecedented from the bra — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
New York City is the most fatally fascinating thing in America. She sits like a great witch at the gate of the country, — James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man