James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of Black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson.Johnson was appointed under President Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua for most of the period from 1906 to 1913. In 1934, he was the first African American professor to be hired at New York University. Later in life, he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University, a historically Black university. Provided by Wikipedia
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Along this way : the autobiography of James Weldon Johnson. by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Black Manhattan / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Complete poems / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Fifty years & other poems / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The autobiography of an ex-colored man / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The autobiography of an ex-colored man / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Writings / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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God's trombones by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The autobiography of an ex-coloured man / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The exploited Negro / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The autobiography of an ex-colored man / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Sence you went away : from Nightsongs : for high voice and chamber orchestra (2017) / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Black Manhattan / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Sence you went away : from Nightsongs : for high voice and chamber orchestra on poetry of James Weldon Johnson / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The engineer / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Preface / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Native African races and culture. by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Negro of today in music / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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Self-determining Haiti / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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The making of Harlem / by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
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