In many ways, the survey has been a long time coming. The museum has collected Johnson’s work, he is old friends with chief ...

Booker was growing emotional reading letters from constituents about their Social Security needs and reciting the poetry of James Weldon Johnson, who led the NAACP in the early 20th century.

It's now James Weldon Johnson Park, after poet, diplomat, attorney and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson. Johnson, with his brother, also composed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which ...

American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to ...

The text of the choral work is the following poem, titled “Sonnet” and written by Black poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). My heart be brave, and do not falter so ...

The DIA aims to create a vibrant corridor along Laura Street, connecting James Weldon Johnson Park to Riverfront Plaza. Several restaurants are planned for the area, including Pizza Dynamo ...

Frequent targets of the shootings were places where innocent bystanders were nearby, including at the AK Houses, Lehman Houses, and James Weldon Johnson Houses, officials said. “They targeted ...