Frases de James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson fue un autor, político, diplomático, crítico, periodista, poeta, antologista, educador, abogado, escritor de canciones, activista de los derechos humanos y prominente figura en el Renacimiento de Harlem. Johnson es más recordado por su trabajo como escritor, que incluye novelas, poemas y colecciones de folclore. Fue, asimismo, uno de los primeros profesores afroamericanos en la Universidad de Nueva York. Más tarde fue profesor de literatura creativa en la Universidad Fisk. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. junio 1871 – 26. junio 1938
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“Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.”

James Weldon Johnson libro The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, ch. 10.

“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.”

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1 (1917).

“The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.”

James Weldon Johnson libro The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, ch. 2 (1912).

“And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."”

The Creation, st. 1.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man!”

The Creation, st. 10.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“Find Sister Caroline…
And she's tired—
She's weary—
Go down, Death, and bring her to me.”

Go Down, Death, st. 5.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.”

The Prodigal Son.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.”

The Creation, st. 7.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)