God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

by James Weldon Johnson, Maya Angelou (Introduction), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

Overview

James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success. In God's Trombones, one of his most celebrated works, inspirational sermons of African American preachers are reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of the spirituals. This classic collection includes 'Listen Lord-A Prayer,' 'The Creation,' 'The Prodigal Son,' 'Go Down Death-A Funeral Sermon,' 'Noah Built the Ark,' 'The Crucifixion,' 'Let My People Go,' and 'The Judgment Day.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143105411
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/27/2008
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	73,931
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON (1871–1938) was a songwriter, poet, novelist, journalist, critic, autobiographer, lawyer, and public servant. With his brother John Rosamond, he wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which became the African American national anthem. He was United States consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, executive director of the NAACP, and a professor of creative literature at Fisk University. His many books include The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.

Table of Contents

	Preface	1
	Listen, Lord--A Prayer	13
	The Creation	17
	The Prodigal Son	21
	Go Down Death--A Funeral Sermon	27
	Noah Built the Ark	31
	The Crucifixion	39
	Let My People Go	45
	The Judgment Day	53