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God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

Year: 1927

Type: article

Abstract: This collection of poems attempts to recreate a vanishing part of Black American spiritual culture - the inspirational sermons of old-time Negro preachers. Using punctuation and line arrangements he captures the fervour of the congregation and underlines the importance of these sermons in the development of Black culture. James Wheldon Johnson is the author of Along this Way and The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.

Source: University of Michigan Library Repository

Authors: James Weldon Johnson, Aaron Douglas, C. B. Falls

Language: English

Topic: American Literature and Culture

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1537035157

FWCI: 82.29

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Cited by: 172

Related to: 10