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James Weldon Johnson O Black and Unknown Bards Fifty Years, 1863-1913 The Creation The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face ... Lift Every Voice and Sing O Black and Unknown Bards O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrels' lyre? Who first from midst his bonds lifted his eyes? Who first from out the still watch, lone and long, Feeling the ancient faith of prophets rise Within his dark-kept soul, burst into song? Heart of what slave poured out such melody As "Steal away to Jesus"? On its strains His spirit must have nightly floated free Though still about his hands he felt his chains. Who heard great "Jordan roll"? Whose starward eye Saw chariot "swing low"? And who was he That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh, "Nobody knows de trouble I see"? What merely living clod, what captive thing, Could up toward God through all its darkness grope, And find within its deadened heart to sing These songs of sorrow, love and faith, and hope?

2. A Brief History Of Brother James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson. June 17, 1871 June 26, 1938. Timeline. 1871 Bornin Jacksonville, Florida, June 17; 1894 Graduated from Atlanta University; http://www.afn.org/~sigma1/jwjohn.html

James Weldon Johnson June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938 Timeline 1871 Born in Jacksonville, Florida, June 17 1894 Graduated from Atlanta University 1897 First black admitted to Florida bar 1899 Wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" with his brother 1906 US consul, Puerto Cabello, Venuzuela 1909 US consul, Corinto, Nicaragua 1920 Appointed exectutive secretary of NAACP 1921 Wrote first novel: "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" 1922 Collected poems of black poets in "The Book of American Negro Poetry." 1927 With brother Rosamond, published "God's Trombones" 1930 Became professor at Fisk University 1933 Wrote autobiography, "Along This Way" 1938 Died in automobile accident in Maine Lift Every Voice and Sing [Gberry's] [PIX]

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Home Timeline Exhibition For Teachers Resources James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) writer, poet, statesman James Weldon Johnson was a writer, poet and distinguished statesman, born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, grew up. Their father was head waiter at a resort hotel there and their mother, who had been born in the Bahamas and educated in New York City, was the first black woman to teach in a public school in Florida. Their parents were both talented musically and the family often made music together. James attended Atlanta University and, on graduation, became principal of Stanton Grammar School in Jacksonville. Over the years, he became a figure in the struggle of African Americans for equal rights. He was the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1920 through 1931. In 1900 he and his brother J. Rosamond Johnson wrote a song in celebration to be sung by school children. That song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," much to their surprise, became the "Negro National Anthem" and is still being sung throughout the country. Johnson contributed articles regularly to i>The Crisis . In 1927, he published the

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5. Harmon Collection James Weldon johnson james weldon Johnson Laura Wheeler Waring Oil on canvas, 1943National Portrait Gallery, The author of Lift Every Voice and Sing (often http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/johnharm.htm

James Weldon Johnson Laura Wheeler Waring Oil on canvas, 1943 National Portrait Gallery The author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (often called "the Negro National Anthem"), James Weldon Johnson had a long career as a creative writer, black leader, teacher, lawyer, diplomat, and executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Through his writing he protested racial injustice, encouraged black achievement, and added immeasurably to the wealth of American literary art. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Johnson attended Atlanta University through graduate school. In 1901 he became the first African American admitted to the Florida Bar, but he did not re-main in Florida very long. Forming a creative partnership with his younger brother Rosamond, a writer of popular music, he began to write lyrics. They moved to New York and found fame as the ragtime songwriting team of Cole and Johnson Brothers. While in New York, Johnson befriended Charles Anderson, a black Republican leader and confidant of Booker T. Washington. In 1906, through this connection, Johnson was appointed United States consul to Venezuela and subsequently to the same post in Nicaragua. During these six years, he wrote and published The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912). He then wrote the column "Views and Reviews" for the black weekly paper the

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James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Fla. He is best known as being a poet, composer, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture. James was trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher. Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. in 1894. He later obtained a M.A. in 1904 while studying at Columbia. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same time, and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1897, and began practicing there. During this period, he and his brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), a composer, began writing songs. In 1901 the two went to New York, where they wrote some 200 songs for the Broadway musical stage. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him U.S. consul to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, and in 1909 he became consul in Corinto, Nicaragua, where he served until 1914. He later taught at Fisk University. Meanwhile, he began writing a novel, Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man (published anonymously, 1912), which attracted little attention until it was reissued under his own name in 1927. From 1916 Johnson was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (NAACP). It was during this time period when James became a distinguished member of

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James Weldon Johnson Born 1871 Died 1938. Stamp issued February 2,1998 Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, June 17, 1871. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Atlanta University in 1894, he became principal at the Colored High School in Jacksonville. Meanwhile, he studied law, and in 1897 he left teaching to become the first black to be admitted to the Florida bar. He later received a Master of Arts degree from Atlanta (1903) and Doctor of Literature degrees from Talladega College in Alabama (1917) and Howard University (1923). From 1901 to 1906 he collaborated with his composer brother Rosamond on some 200 songs for musical comedies and light opera, including Congo Love Song, Oh! Didn't He Ramble and Since You Went Away. James was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1914, along with such luminaries as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Victor Herbert. By far the brothers' best-known song was Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, which they wrote for a chorus of schoolchildren to perform at a Lincoln's birthday celebration in 1900. This hymn of faith and hope later became known as "the Negro national anthem." "Nothing that I have done has paid me back so fully in satisfaction as being the part creator of this song," James Johnson wrote in his 1933 autobiography. "My brother and I . . . have often marveled at the results that have followed what we considered an incidental effort, an effort made under stress and with no intention other than to meet the needs of a particular moment. The only comment we can make is that we wrote better than we knew."

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James Weldon Johnson a web guide to James Weldon Johnson from literaryhistory.com main page 20th century outline authors, alphabetical 19th century authors General Articles http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=73 An introduction to James Weldon Johnson from the Academy of American Poets. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/text/jwjohnson.html A profile of James Weldon Johnson from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/jwjohnson.html A list of selected critical works on Johnson from Dr. Paul Reuben's PAL web site. http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/aframlit.htm A timeline for African American literature published from 1746 - 1999, by Roger Blackwell Bailey Ph.D. Harlem Renaissance http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/harlem/contents.html Reprint of the influential Survey Graphic Harlem Number, 1925, which includes articles on the new scene in Harlem by James Weldon Johnson, W.E.B. DuBois, Countee Cullen, poems by Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Cullen, and more. A project of the Univ. of Virginia electronic text center. http://www.poets.org/exh/Exhibit.cfm?prmID=7

9. James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Fla. on June 17, 1871. EncyclopediaBritiannica profile. James Weldon Johnson commemorative stamp. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/jwjohnson.htm

James Weldon Johnson Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Fla. on June 17, 1871. He attended Atlanta University, where he wrote over 30 poems while a student. At graduation ceremonies in 1894, Johnson gave the senior address for his graduating class. After Atlanta University, Johnson returned to Jacksonville, Fla., where he became principal of that city's Colored High School. At the same time he studied law, and in 1897 Johnson became the first black admitted to the Florida Bar. After practicing law for a short time, Johnson returned to Atlanta University to obtain a master's degree in 1903. From 1900 to 1906, he and his brother collaborated in composing over 200 songs, including what many consider the black national anthem, " Lift Every Voice and Sing ." In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt named Johnson U.S. consul to Venezuela, a post he followed that of consul to Nicaragua. In 1917, Johnson obtained a doctorate from Talladega College in Alabama, followed by a doctorate from Howard University in 1923. In 1916, he began working with the NAACP, and in 1920 became the organization's executive secretary. In this role for the next ten years, Johnson was an ardent fighter for federal anti-lynching laws. Throughout this and the two earlier decades, the multi-talented Johnson also wrote poetry and prose, including The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and God's Trombones . In 1930, he became a professor of creative literature at Fisk University. On his birthday in 1938, Johnson was driving to his summer home in Maine. During a thunderstorm, his car was hit by a train at an intersection in Wiscasset, Maine. Johnson died from the injuries on June 26.

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James Weldon Johnson Courtesy of United States Library of Congress Born: June 17, 1871, Jacksonville, Florida. Died: June 26, 1938, Wiscasset, Maine, in a car accident. Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Brother of composer John Johnson , James stu­died lit­er­a­ture at At­lan­ta Un­i­ver­si­ty (grad­u­at­ed 1894, M.A. 1904), and went on to be­come a song writ­er, an­thol­o­gist, teach­er, and law­yer; he was the first Af­ri­can-Amer­i­can to pass the bar in the state of Flor­i­da. In 1906 he be­came the Amer­i­can con­sul in Puer­to Ca­bel­lo, Ven­e­zue­la, and in 1909, con­sul in Co­rin­to, Ni­ca­ra­gua. In 1920, he was ap­point­ed Exec­u­tive Sec­re­ta­ry of the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion for the Ad­vance­ment of Col­ored Peo­ple. His works in­clude: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man The Book of American Negro Poetry Along This Way Hymns: Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Get Five DVDs for $.49 each. Join now. Tell me when this page is updated James Weldon Johnson: Sence You Went Away Biography Explication Groovy Links Other Works ... Feedback Seems lak to me de stars don't shine so bright, Seems lak to me de sun done loss his light, Seems lak to me der's nothin' goin' right, Sence you went away. Seems lak to me de sky ain't half so blue, Seems lak to me dat ev'ything wants you, Seems lak to me I don't know what to do, Sence you went away. Seems lak to me dat ev'ything is wrong, Seems lak to me de day's jes twice es long, Seems lak to me de bird's forgot his song, Sence you went away. Seems lak to me I jes can't he'p but sigh, Seems lak to me ma th'oat keeps gittin' dry, Seems lak to me a tear stays in ma eye, Sence you went away.

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James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 originally displayed February-March 1999 Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina based on an exhibit by Jamie S. Hansen hypertext by Jason A. Pierce James Weldon Johnson, from the frontispiece of Along This Way Recently, the Thomas Cooper Library has formed a collection of books and manuscripts by James Weldon Johnson, African-American poet and statesman. In 1997 the library received the personal collection of the distinguished story-teller and librarian Augusta Baker. In 1939, as children's librarian of the 135th Street (Harlem) Branch of the New York Public Library, Baker established the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection, showcasing books that portrayed black children in positive ways. Included in Baker's own collection were materials relating to her association with Johnson. One special treasure was a small group of the poet's manuscripts. These four holograph poems were the seeds of the new James Weldon Johnson Collection at the Cooper Library. Introduction Biography Music Nonfiction ... Return Updated 22 June 1999 by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections 1999, the

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16. James Weldon Johnson - The Academy Of American Poets The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/jwjohfst.htm

poetry awards poetry month poetry exhibits about the academy Search Larger Type Find a Poet Find a Poem Listening Booth ... Add to a Notebook James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was encouraged to study English literature and the European musical tradition. He attended Atlanta University with the intention that the education he received there would be used to further the interests of the black people. After graduation, he took a job as a high school principal in Jacksonville. In 1900, he wrote the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" on the occasion of Lincoln's birthday; the song which became immensely popular in the black community and became known as the "Negro National Anthem." Johnson moved to New York in 1901 to collaborate with his brother Rosamond, a composer, and attained some success as a songwriter for Broadway, but decided to take a job as U.S. Consul to Venezuela in 1906. While employed by the diplomatic corps, Johnson had poems published in the Century Magazine and The Independent In 1912, Johnson published

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James Weldon Johnson's Life and Career Herman Beavers Portriat by Weinold Reiss S ongwriter, poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and autobiographer. James Weldon Johnson, much like his contemporary W. E. B. Du Bois, was a man who bridged several historical and literary trends. Born in 1871, during the optimism of the Reconstruction period, in Jacksonville, Florida, Johnson was imbued with an eclectic set of talents. Over the course of his sixty-seven years, Johnson was the first African American admitted to the Florida bar since the end of Reconstruction; the co-composer (with his brother John Rosamond) of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the song that would later become known as the Negro National Anthem; field secretary in the NAACP; journalist; publisher; diplomat; educator; translator; librettist; anthologist; and English professor; in addition to being a well-known poet and novelist and one of the prime movers of the Harlem Renaissance. As the first son of James Johnson and the former Helen Louise Dillet, James Weldon inherited his forebears' combination of industrious energy and public-mindedness, as demonstrated by his maternal grandfathers long life in public service in the Bahamas, where he served in the House of Assembly for thirty years. James, Sr., spent many years as the headwaiter of the St. James Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had moved the family after his sponge fishing and dray businesses were ruined by a hurricane that hit the Bahamas in 1866. James, Jr., was born and educated in Jacksonville, first by his mother, who taught for many years in the public schools, and later by James C. Walter, the well-educated but stern principal of the Stanton School. Graduating at the age of sixteen, Johnson enrolled in Atlanta University, from which be graduated in 1894. After graduation, Johnson, though only twenty-three, returned to the Stanton School to become its principal.

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