In 34 lines, James Weldon Johnson told of the pain, anguish, frustration, faith and hope that former slaves and their ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It’s been a decade-long passion project to elevate the historic contributions of a Black artist by preserving his writing cabin and, eventually, the land around it. Now, it's ...

The Friends of the Brentwood Public Library, Inc. will host the inaugural James Weldon Johnson Literacy Walk-A-Thon on Saturday, Oct. 10. The one-mile event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon at ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - James Weldon Johnson wrote these words in a poem that later became the Black national anthem. "Lift every voice and sing. 'Til earth and heaven ring." Johnson was an author, an ...

A group of young men in Jacksonville, Florida, arranged to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. My brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and I decided to write a song to be sung at the exercises. I wrote the ...

James Weldon Johnson : O black and unknown bards ; Go down death (a funeral sermon) -- Paul Laurence Dunbar : Dawn ; Compensation ; The debt ; Life ; My sort o' man ; The party ; A song ; Sympathy ; ...

A biography of James Weldon Johnson whose career included music, poetry, and public service. Includes a visualization of his poem The creation, with a reading by Raymond St. Jacques. Johnson, most ...