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Passing (racial identity)
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Passing, in the context of race, occurs when one conceals their socially applied racial identity or ethnicity in order to be perceived as another race for acceptance and other benefits. Historically,
Anita Florence Hemmings, the first African-American woman of mixed ancestry to graduate from Vassar College, passed as white for socioeconomic reasons.
Anita Florence Hemmings, the first African-American woman of mixed ancestry to graduate from Vassar College, passed as white for socioeconomic reasons
James Weldon Johnson, author of the novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson, author of the novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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James Weldon Johnson
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James Weldon Johnson was an African American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter and early civil rights activist. He was married to civil
Passing (racial identity)
…Louisiana Creole family moved north to Brooklyn before World War II. This idea of crossing the color line at different points in one's life is explored in James Weldon Johnson's fictional Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. But the narrator closes the novel by saying "I have sold my birthright for a mess of pottage", meaning…
Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932
Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932
Famously performed in the film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), the song "Under the Bamboo Tree" was written by the Johnson brothers and Bob Cole for the
Famously performed in the film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), the song "Under the Bamboo Tree" was written by the Johnson brothers and Bob Cole for the Broadway show Sally in Our Alley (1902)
Aged around 30 at the time of this photo, Johnson had already written "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" and been admitted to the Florida bar.
Aged around 30 at the time of this photo, Johnson had already written "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" and been admitted to the Florida bar.
Johnson lived here in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., while serving as national organizer for the National Association for the Adva
Johnson lived here in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., while serving as national organizer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).