God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

James Weldon Johnson

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nonfiction classics poetry religion challenging reflective medium-paced
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As a young man in the late 1800s, James Weldon Johnson was profoundly influenced by the sermons he heard by the renowned black preachers of the day. Later in life, he transformed his memories into magnificent poems about Creation, the Flood, the C...

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