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James Weldon Johnson was an American author, poet, musician, and civil rights activist. He is known for his poetry, novels, and musical compositions, and was a significant figure in the American civil rights movement.

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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.”

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Book:The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Source: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

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

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Book:The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays

Source: The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays

“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.”

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Book:The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Source: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

“I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.”

All Things Enjoyed Paris Consideration

Book:The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson

Source: The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson