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The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson
January 12, 2009
Rudolph P. Byrd professor, Emory University

Rudolph P. Byrd, professor of American studies at Emory University, discusses his new book, The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson. Johnson (1871-1938) was a novelist, poet, ethno-musicologist and one of the pioneering figures of the Harlem Renaissance.

Art & Architecture | History | Literature & Philosophy
Authors | ethnicity | Ghana | African American | Poetry | Music
PBA
Georgia Center for the Book
Image of Essentials (Hill Street Classics.)
Author: Jean Toomer, Rudolph P. Byrd, Charles Johnson
Publisher: Hill Street Press (2000)
Binding: Hardcover, 128 pages
Image of Generations in Black and White: From the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Author:
Publisher: University of Georgia Press (1997)
Binding: Paperback, 172 pages
Image of I Call Myself an Artist: Writings By and About Charles Johnson
Author:
Publisher: Indiana University Press (1999)
Binding: Hardcover, 398 pages
Image of Charles Johnson's Novels: Writing The American Palimpsest
Author: Rudolph P. Byrd
Publisher: Indiana University Press (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 215 pages
Image of I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities)
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages
Image of World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Publisher: New Press, The (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages
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