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.

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

When Jill and Rufus Jones bought their Great Barrington, Massachusetts getaway home, they weren't as familiar with its past owner, James Weldon Johnson, as they are now.

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s been 47 years since the oldest park in Jacksonville was redesigned. Now, James Weldon Johnson Park will be getting a long overdue facelift. Action News Jax spoke with ...