Week 8: Writing Response – Weldon Johnson – Ex-Colored Man

Writing Response Reading:

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Chapters 1-5, [and 10]), in the African American Literature Anthology digital course textbook, pages 113-148. ***Note that our digital textbook reading page numbers include chapters: 1-5, and chapter 10/Roman Numeral Chapters I-V and X)****

Step 1:

Directions: Carefully read the above pages. Take notes while reading; be sure to read the footnotes. After you have a firm understanding of the events of the reading, write a response of 200 words. (Please list your word count at the end of your initial post.)

Please respond using your own original writing voice and from your personal informed perspective (first person point of view).

Step 2: Discussion Prompt Guide:

Carefully review the above readings.

What does the “Ex-Colored” man’s experience (Chapter 4/IV) say about life in the South during this era for African Americans? In the entirety of the specifically assigned pages of reading, what do you personally see as the defining moment about what it means/meant to be an African American in the South? 

Please respond using your own original writing voice and from your personal informed perspective (first person point of view).

This discussion prompt is meant to guide writing.