Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido)

James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938)

James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first black to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by ALP Algy Pug
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Play 02 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by BK Bruce Kachuk
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Play 03 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by DL David Lawrence
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Play 04 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by EL Newgatenovelist
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Play 05 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by FS fshort
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Play 06 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by GG Greg Giordano
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Play 07 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by IK Ian King
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Play 08 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by JM J. McDougall
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Play 09 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by LCW Larry Wilson
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Play 10 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson
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Play 11 Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by RC Rosslyn Carlyle
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