Contributor(s): Author: James Weldon Johnson First published anonymously in 1912, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" is James Weldon\'s Johnson fictional account of a young biracial man living in America during the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century.
It is here that he catches the attention of a wealthy.
The so-called "Ex-Colored" man makes his living as a jazz pianist playing ragtime music at a popular New York club.
Contributor(s): Author: James Weldon Johnson First published anonymously in 1912, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" is James Weldon\'s Johnson fictional account of a young biracial man living in America during the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century