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• Me siento solo me haré un mundo.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Solitario, Mundo, Me Siento Solo

  "La Creación" l. 1 (1927)

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• Oh, negros y desconocidos bardos de antaño, ¿cómo llegaron tus labios a tocar el fuego sagrado?

  James Weldon Johnson

  Music, Fire, Long Ago

  "O Black and Unknown Bards" l. 1 (1917)

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• Ámsterdam fue una gran sorpresa para mí. Siempre había pensado en Venecia como la ciudad de los canales; nunca se me había pasado por la cabeza que pudiera encontrar condiciones similares en una ciudad holandesa.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Cities, Venice, Mind

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.331, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• I found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think I heard more and more different kinds of slang during my few weeks' stay in London than in my whole "tenderloin" life in New York. But I suppose the English feel that the language is theirs, and that they may do with it as they please without at the same time allowing that privilege to others.

  James Weldon Johnson

  New York, Thinking, May

  James Weldon Johnson (2011). “The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson”, p.163, Modern Library

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• As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Song, Appreciate, Slave

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). "The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays", p.349, Oxford University Press on Demand.

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• And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Couple, Book, School

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• Ella fue mi primer amor, y la amé como sólo un chico ama.

  James Weldon Johnson

  First Love, Boys, Firsts

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.13, Courier Corporation

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• Finalmente, decidí que no renunciaría a la raza negra ni reivindicaría la raza blanca, sino que me cambiaría el nombre, me dejaría bigote y dejaría que el mundo me tomara por lo que fuera; que no era necesario que fuera por ahí con una etiqueta de inferioridad pegada en la frente.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Race, Lynching, Names

  James Weldon Johnson "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man", W. W. Norton & Company

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• Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Strong, Race, White

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Cities, Paris, London

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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• A great wave of humiliation and shame swept over me. Shame that I belonged to a race that could be so dealt with; and shame for my country, that it, the great example of democracy to the world, should be the only civilized, if not the only state on earth, where a human being would be burned alive.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Country, Race, Lynching

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). "The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays", p.352, Oxford University Press on Demand.

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• But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Ambition, Voice, Joy

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.334, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Race, White, People

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• And Satan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "O War, of all the scourges of humanity, I crown you chief.

  James Weldon Johnson

  War, Hands, Humanity

  James Weldon Johnson (2009). “Fifty years and Other Poems (EasyRead Large Edition)”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  James Weldon Johnson

  Men, Hands

  James Weldon Johnson (2000). "Poemas completos", p.17, Penguin

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• So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled; And the waters above the earth came down, The cooling waters came down.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Eye, Hands, Sea

  James Weldon Johnson (2000). “Complete Poems”, p.16, Penguin

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• Some men enjoy the constant strife Of days with work and worry rife, But that is not my dream of life: I think such men are crazy. For me, a life with worries few, A job of nothing much to do, Just pelf enough to see me through: I fear that I am lazy.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Dream, Jobs, Crazy

  James Weldon Johnson (2000). “Complete Poems”, p.131, Penguin

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• As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Perfect, Aristocracy, Looks

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Romantic, Views, People

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). "The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays", p.352, Oxford University Press on Demand.

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• I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Travel, Paris, Earth

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.330, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Teaching, Class, People

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). "The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays", p.304, Oxford University Press on Demand.

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• At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out a few tunes? I also learned the names of the notes in both clefs, but I preferred not be hampered by notes.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Music, Names, Piano

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.276, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Mi madre estaba muy ocupada cosiendo; a veces le ayudaba otra mujer.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Mother, Helping, Sometimes

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.11, Courier Corporation

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• When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Sadness, Men, Paris

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.79, Courier Corporation

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• La peculiar fascinación que el Sur ejercía sobre mi imaginación y mi limitado capital me decidieron a favor de la Universidad de Atlanta; así que hacia finales de septiembre me despedí de los amigos y los escenarios de mi niñez y me embarqué en un tren hacia el Sur.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Farewell, Atlanta, Imagination

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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