James Weldon Johnson, Black leader, Black voice

by Eugene D. Levy

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Published 1973 by University of Chicago Press in Chicago .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Johnson, James Weldon, -- 1871-1938 -- Biography

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 351-368.

Statement	[by] Eugene Levy.
Genre	Biography
Series	Negro American biographies and autobiographies
Classifications
LC Classifications	PS3519.O2625 Z7
The Physical Object
Pagination	xiii,380p.;
Number of Pages	380
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL23780465M

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