nown work, God's Trombones (1927), a group of black dialect sermons in verse, includes "The Creation" and "Go Down Death." Johnson's introductions to his anthologies contain some of the most perceptive assessments ever made of black contributions to American culture. Along This Way (1933) is an autobiography.James Weldon Johnson would eventually pass away on June 26, 1938, in Wiscasset, Maine....
