Recommended Materials


Selected Writings (1914-1923)

THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, VOL. 1

Subtitle: The New York Age Editorials (1914-1923)
First volume in a series edited by Sondra K. Wilson, focusing on the literary works, song lyrics and policitcal essays of James W. Weldon between 1914 and 1923.
Oxford University. 1995.


The Creation

THE CREATION

This illustrated version of James W. Johnson’s 1919 poem, with drawings by James E. Ransome, won the 1995 Coretta Scott King Award. It is the biblical story of Creation for children.
Holiday House. 1994.


Selected Writings, Vol. 2

THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, VOLUME II

Subtitle: Social, Political and Literary Essays
Second volume in a series edited by Sondra K. Wilson. Features essays and writings from the Black Literary Movement of the 1920’s.
Oxford University. 1996.


James W. Johnson: Writings

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON: WRITINGS

Collection of four novels by James W. Johnson including The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Along This Way, New York Age Editorials, Black Manhattan, Selected Poems (Library of America). Edited by William L. Andrews.
Library of America. 2004.