James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail...

James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m2) public park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Originally a village green, it was the first and is...

The James Weldon Johnson Residence is a historic apartment house located at 187 West 135th Street, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is here...

B. Marks Music Company). J. Rosamond Johnson was the younger brother of poet and activist James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every...

the Harlem Renaissance, and wife of the writer and politician James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was the daughter of John Bennett Nail, a wealthy businessman...

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melody was composed by author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. It was first recorded by The Famous Myers...

NAACP as an investigator in 1918, at the invitation of James Weldon Johnson. He acted as Johnson's assistant national secretary and traveled to the South...

The James Weldon Johnson Community Library is a public library located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is a branch of the St. Petersburg Library System...

James W. Johnson may refer to: James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance James Wood Johnson (1856–1932), co-founder...

Hannah Park also has a campground with both RV and tent sites. James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m2) public park in the heart of the government...

by its executive secretary, who acted as chief operating officer. James Weldon Johnson and Walter F. White, who served in that role successively from 1920...

much longer. The zenith of this "flowering of Negro literature", as James Weldon Johnson preferred to call the Harlem Renaissance, took place between 1924—when...

their 1925 book, The Books of American Negro Spirituals, James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson said that spirituals, which are "purely and solely the...

is an American song composed by Robert Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson. J. W. Stern & Co. published it in 1902. A ragtime hit, it...

Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context...

northbound extension was completed, adding the Hemming Plaza (now James Weldon Johnson Park) and Rosa Parks Transit Station stops, and the Skyway reopened...

Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American...

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by African-American writer James Weldon Johnson, in which he recounted a scene in New York City around the turn of...

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912/1927) by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored...

Lynchburg, Virginia, which had begun in 1913. In association with James Weldon Johnson, the branch became fully active with ninety-six members as of July...

his "stride" piano playing James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance James Johnson (author and priest) (1674–1740)...

and Sing" written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson. Set to music as a hymn in 1905 by his brother John Rosamond Johnson, it became known as the "Negro...

conservative side in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Storey was, with James Weldon Johnson, the organizer of the 1919 National Conference on Lynching. In 1920...

slaveowners, who would judge the dancing and award cakes to the winners. James Weldon Johnson, born in 1871, recounted a cakewalk at a ball in his 1912 novel The...

born on November 19, 1974. He was raised by his grandmother in the James Weldon Johnson Housing Projects. His rap career started with the label Tape Kingz...

term "Red Summer" was coined by civil rights activist and author James Weldon Johnson, who had been employed as a field secretary by the National Association...

20th-century poetry, and he is noted for early prose poetry. Author James Weldon Johnson (no relation) called Fenton, "one of the first Negro revolutionary...

Cole later partnered with brothers J. Rosamond Johnson, a pianist and singer, and James Weldon Johnson, a pianist, guitarist and lawyer, creating more...

Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, authors who would affect Angelou's life and career, as well...