James Weldon Johnson, Autobiography of an ex-Colored Man

James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an ex-Colored Man is considered by many to be one of the earliest modem novels. Published in 1912, the novel predates the Harlem Renaissance. Determine, based on your own reading, what you feel to be the main theme of the novel. Connect the novel to one of the short stories or poems that we read in class.        

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