At the age of 41, in 1912, he published his first novel anonymously, and later, in 1927, he  published a group of black dialect sermons in verse.  
He was many things: a high-school principal, a songwriter for Broadway musicals, a consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua, and a lawyer.  At the age of 41, in 1912, he published his first novel anonymously, and later, in 1927, he  published a group of black dialect sermons in verse.  For 10 points, name this NAACP leader who created the aforementioned Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man and God's Trombones.
He was many things: a high-school principal, a songwriter for Broadway musicals, a consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua, and a lawyer.  
James Weldon Johnson