It shows six different gardens, planted trees, and an updated stage, and there will be a poet walk to celebrate James Weldon Johnson’s poetry. “Right now, we’re at 60% of that design.

Rufus Jones and Jill Rosenberg Jones are working to restore the creative haven of James Weldon Johnson to advance and extend his legacy, as well as to welcome more artists to the space.

It is the cabin where Harlem Renaissance poet and NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson did his writing when he was in the Berkshires. It was where he found peace nestled in a hemlock grove. Now a ...

The Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park board just approved a three-year strategic plan Wednesday. ... Expect to see a dedication to civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson.

The park was originally named City Park before it changed to James Weldon Johnson Park in 2020. “It’s the heart of downtown, so it’ll speak to all that within the upcoming design work ...

James Weldon Johnson, standing behind his writing cabin in Great Barrington at "Five Acres," his summer property off Alford Road. The owners of the cabin, and the foundation they established in ...

It’s a song derived from a poem written by James Weldon Johnson, a Black poet, in 1900. In 1920, the NAACP, then chiefly a Black organization, adopted the song as “The Negro National Anthem.” ...

The last remaining piece of a 125-year-old Confederate monument in the heart of downtown Jacksonville was removed over the weekend from James Weldon Johnson Park across the street from ...

Now, James Weldon Johnson Park will be getting a long overdue facelift. It’s been 47 years since the oldest park in Jacksonville was redesigned.