1. James Weldon Johnson - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia James Weldon Johnson died in 1938 while on vacation in Wiscasset, Maine, when the car he was driving was hit by a train. His funeral in Harlem was attended http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson

James Weldon Johnson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search James Weldon Johnson photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Born June 17 Jacksonville Florida Died June 26 Wiscasset Maine Occupation educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, writer, anthropologist, poet, activist Nationality African American Literary movement Harlem Renaissance Influences Paul Lawrence Dunbar Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson June 17 June 26 ) was an American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance . Johnson is best remembered for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University . Later in life he was a Professor of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University Contents Life Education and Law Music Diplomacy ... edit Life Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida , the son of Helen Louise Dillet and James Johnson. Johnson was first educated by his mother (a public school teacher) and then at Edwin M. Stanton School

2. A Brief History Of Brother James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson. June 17, 1871 June 26, 1938. Timeline. 1871 Born in 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]

3. James Weldon Johnson --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on James Weldon Johnson poet, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043858/James-Weldon-Johnson

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4. Harlem 1900-1940: Schomburg Exhibit James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was a writer, poet and distinguished statesman, born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, grew up. http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/text/jwjohnson.html

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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7. 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. http://members.aol.com/klove01/jamesjoh.htm

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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Home Email Search Author ... Index Page James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on 17th June, 1871. After obtaining degrees from Atlanta University and Columbia University he worked as a teacher in Jacksonville. He continued his studies and after reading law he became the first African American since the Civil War to be admitted to the bar in Florida. Johnson also wrote poems and in 1900 his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, added music to Lift Every Voice and Sing . It was a great success and in 1901 the brothers moved to New York and over the next few years they wrote over 200 songs for Broadway musicals. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as United States consul to Venezuela. Three years later was given a similar post in Nicaragua (1909-14). In 1916 Johnson became executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP). He had the post until 1929 when he was replaced as head of the NAACP by his protege, Walter Francis White Johnson wrote a large number of books including a novel about a light-skinned black man who poses as a white man, Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Fifty Years and Other Poems God's Trombones (1927), an African American history of New York

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Other Free Encyclopedias Law Library - American Law and Legal Information American Law Encyclopedia Vol 6 James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was a key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP CIVIL RIGHTS LOBBYING Johnson was born June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida. His parents, James Johnson and Helen Louise Dillette Johnson, encouraged his pursuit of education, and he graduated from Atlanta University in 1894. He then took a job as principal at the Stanton School in Jacksonville, where he established a high school program. THEODORE ROOSEVELT to the presidency. On the recommendation of W. E. B. DU BOIS WOODROW WILSON , a Democrat, to the presidency, as well as significant racial prejudice, would interfere with his advancement in the consular service. In 1910 he married Grace Nail. The couple had no children. Johnson returned to New York and in 1914 became an editorialist and columnist at the New York Age RACIAL DISCRIMINATION , and he organized NAACP protests. In 1917 he coordinated a silent march in New York to protest LYNCHING of African Americans and other forms of racial oppression. Throughout his tenure at the NAACP, he remained committed to keeping it an interracial organization, seeking the membership and aid of whites as well as blacks.

10. James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson. James Weldon Johnson Born 17Jun-1871 and Sing (referred to as the Black National Anthem), set to music by J. Rosamond Johnson. http://www.nndb.com/people/830/000101527/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for James Weldon Johnson Born: 17-Jun Birthplace: Jacksonville, FL Died: 26-Jun Location of death: Wiscasset, ME Cause of death: Accident - Automobile Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: God's Trombones Wrote the lyrics to "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (referred to as the Black National Anthem), set to music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Father: James Johnson Mother: Helen Louise Dillet Brother: J. Rosamond Johnson (Harlem Renaissance composer) Wife: Grace Nail (m. 3-Feb-1910) University: BA, Atlanta University (1894) Administrator: Principal, Stanton Grammar School, Jacksonville, FL University: MA, Atlanta University (1904) University: Columbia University Professor: Creative Literature, Fisk University (1930-) Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity NAACP 1916, Executive Secretary, 1920-31 Spingarn Medal Author of books: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man , novel) Fifty Years and Other Poems , poetry) Book of American Negro Poetry , anthology) God's Trombones , sermons) Along This Way , memoir) Negro Americans, What Now?

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15. Super Hero - James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson had a storied life. He supported the advancement of Blacks through his literary, musical, and educational contributions, http://www.black-collegian.com/issues/35thAnn/johnson.shtml

Post Resume Job Tools Graduate Study Career Center ... Aerospace Corp First Semester Super Issue Monthly Issue Features Countdown to Graduation Depression On Campus How to Write a Winning Resume The On-Campus Interview ... View the Full Edition 35TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Super Hero JAMES WELDON JOHNSON James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson had a storied life. He supported the advancement of Blacks through his literary, musical, and educational contributions, his organizational accomplishments with the NAACP, and his service as a diplomat and U.S. counsel to foreign nations. Johnson believed in racial assimilation. He considered it the major responsibility of Blacks to lift themselves up by their own bootstraps. Johnson believed that to remove the label of "inferior," Blacks needed to prove their intellectual and physical equality. Johnson was a true Renaissance man—historian, novelist, poet, educator. He excelled in all his endeavors. His accomplishments made him the most popular leader in the African-American community in his day behind Booker T. Washington himself. Johnson is best known for writing the lyrics to "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is considered the Black national anthem. Also, his 10-year stint as the first African-American head of the NAACP ushered in a period of tremendous growth.

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17. James Weldon Johnson The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/jwjoh/

18. James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 -- Biography Born james William johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, on 17 June 1871 — he changed his middle name to weldon in 1913 — the future teacher, poet, songwriter, http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/amlit/johnson/johnson1.html

Biography Johnson's parents, James and Helen Louise Early Years Johnson as a member of the Atlanta University Quartette College While attending Atlanta University, from which he earned his A.B. in 1894, Johnson taught for two summers in rural Hampton, Georgia. There he experienced life among poor African Americans, from which he had been largely sheltered during his middle-class upbringing in Jacksonville. During the summer before his senior year he attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where, on "Colored People's Day," he listened to a speech by Frederick Douglass and heard poems read by Paul Laurence Dunbar, with whom he soon became friends. Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson, and John Rosamond Johnson Educator and Songwriter After graduating from Atlanta University, Johnson became the principal of the Jacksonville school where his mother had taught, improving education there by adding ninth and tenth grades. In 1895 he founded a newspaper, the Daily American , designed to educate Jacksonville's adult black community, but problems with finances forced it to shut down after only eight months. While still serving as a public school principal, Johnson studied law and became the first African American to pass the bar exam in Florida. When Johnson's younger brother, John Rosamond, graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1897, the two began collaborating on a musical theater. Though there attempts to get their comic opera "Tolosa" produced in New York in 1899 were unsuccessful, Johnson's experiences there excited his creative energies. He soon began writing lyrics, for which his brother composed music, including "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which subsequently came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem." The Johnson brothers soon teamed up with Bob Cole to write songs. In 1902, Johnson resigned his post as principal in Jacksonville, and the two brothers moved to New York, where their partnership with Cole proved very successful.

19. James Weldon Johnson www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/johnson/johnson.htm works and literary criticism of them. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/johnson/johnson.htm

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) Johnson's Life and Careerby Herman Beavers On "The Creation" and God's Trombones On "O Black and Unknown Bards" ... External Links Compiled and Prepared by Cary Nelson Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index

20. Harmon Collection 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, 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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