21. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) Next to james weldon johnson s name and date of birth in a biosketch is the familiar catalog of his accomplishments as educator, journalist, lawyer, http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/johnson.html

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) Contributing Editor: Arthenia J. Bates Millican Classroom Issues and Strategies Next to James Weldon Johnson's name and date of birth in a biosketch is the familiar catalog of his accomplishments as educator, journalist, lawyer, composer, librettist, poet, novelist, editor, social historian, literary critic, diplomat, fighter for the rights of his people and the rights of all. Yet, he is remembered today, almost exclusively, as the author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"; and to some degree as the author of the "Creation," the first sermon in God's Trombones One mythic error is still in vogue for the less ardent studentand that is the indictment leveled against the author who "talks black" but who was never really given to the black ethos. This accusation comes as an error of identification. Some students assume that Johnson himself is the protagonist of the novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man . Actually, the author's friend, "D_," Douglas Wetmore, is model for the protagonist. Thus, one encounters the problem of coping with an author with name popularity, but who is not known despite his myriad contributions to American and African-American literary culture. The writer can best be made accessible to students, first, by introducing

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23. James Weldon Johnson - Profile Of Writer James Weldon Johnson Not just an influential and notable novelist, poet, and songwriter, james weldon johnson was a lawyer, a United States consul in a foreign nation, http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/jameswjohnson/p/bio_johnson_jw.htm

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24. James Weldon Johnson: Sence You Went Away Biography of the Harlem Renaissance poet, explication of Since You Went Away , bibliographies, and links to other johnson, Harlem Renaissance, http://bohbah_singaya.tripod.com/

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25. James Weldon Johnson Stamp on Black History Home Page Menu. http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/JWJohn.htm

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26. Articles: Johnson, James Weldon - Historical Text Archive james weldon johnson (née james William johnson in Jacksonville, Florida on 17 June 1871) was the son of a headwaiter and a schoolteacher, the first female http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=737

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28. James Weldon Johnson — Infoplease.com The City as Refuge Constructing Urban Blackness in Paul Laurence Dunbar s The Sport of the Gods and james weldon johnson s The Autobiography. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826473.html

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29. Howstuffworks "Johnson, James Weldon - Encyclopedia Entry" Learn about johnson, james weldon. Read our encyclopedia entry on johnson, james weldon. http://reference.howstuffworks.com/johnson-james-weldon-encyclopedia.htm

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30. Johnson, James Weldon Legal Definition Of Johnson, James Weldon. Johnson, James Definition of johnson, james weldon in the Ledal Dictionary by Free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. What is johnson, james weldon? http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Johnson, James Weldon

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Johnson, James Weldon' Printer Friendly 761,751,017 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia Johnson, James Weldon Also found in: Encyclopedia Hutchinson 0.03 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) James Weldon Johnson. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS James Weldon Johnson was a key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP Civil Rights advocacy group in the United States. Johnson's efforts as NAACP field secretary greatly increased the number of NAACP branches and members, and his work as executive secretary during the 1920s expanded the association's 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. He studied law with a white lawyer in his spare time, and in 1898 was admitted to the Florida bar. He also wrote lyrics for songs composed by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. In 1900 the two wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which later became known as the "Negro National Anthem." The two brothers moved to New York in 1902 and went on to become a highly successful songwriting team.

31. James Weldon Johnson Was Born Its lyrics were written by james weldon johnson to commemorate Abraham Lincoln s birthday. johnson was born on June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=17&month=06

32. The Creation By James Weldon Johnson. James Weldon Johnson, Ed. 1922. The Book O The Creation by james weldon johnson. james weldon johnson, ed. 1922. The Book of American Negro Poetry. http://www.bartleby.com/269/41.html

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33. Beinecke Library -- Beinecke Guide (YCAL) - JWJ Collection Founded in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten, this collection stands as a memorial to Dr. james weldon johnson and celebrates the accomplishments of African American http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/ycaljwj.htm

The Collection of American Literature The James Weldon Johnson Collection Patricia C. Willis Founded in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten, this collection stands as a memorial to Dr. James Weldon Johnson and celebrates the accomplishments of African American writers and artists, beginning with those of the Harlem Renaissance. Grace Nail Johnson contributed her husband's papers, leading the way for gifts of papers from Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Walter White and Poppy Cannon White, Dorothy Peterson, Chester Himes, and Langston Hughes. The collection also contains the papers of Richard Wright and Jean Toomer, as well as smaller groups of manuscripts or correspondence of such writers as Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Wallace Thurman. The richness of the collection is suggested by representative manuscripts: Richard Wright's Native Son , Jean Toomer's Cane , Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God , W. E. B. DuBois's "The Renaissance of Ethics," his thesis with annotations by William James, James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man and God's Trombones , and Langston Hughes's The Weary Blues . Examples of the abundant correspondence are letters between Owen Dodson and Adam Clayton Powell, Joel Spingarn and W. E. B. DuBois, Georgia Douglas Johnson and William Stanley Braithewaite. The early history of the NAACP is documented in the correspondence of Dr. Johnson and Walter F. White. Also present are music manuscripts by W. C. Handy, J. Rosamond Johnson, and Thomas "Fats" Waller, among others.

34. James Weldon Johnson, The Creation James Weldon Johnson, James autobiography of an excolored man, james weldon johnson, james weldon johnson o black and unknown bards, james weldon johnson poem, james weldon johnson http://www.afropoets.net/jamesjohnson.html

James Weldon Johnson AfroPoets.Net Famous Black Writers o Home o Poetry Board o PoeticQ.com - Famous Writers Gallery o PoeticSpace.com - MySpace For Poets... Picture Brief Bio 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 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. joining fellow members of the time like George Washington Carver.

35. LibriVox » Mother Night, By James Weldon Johnson Librivox volunteers bring you fifteen different readings of Mother Night, by james weldon johnson. This weekly poetry project (for the week of 2/26/2006) http://librivox.org/mother-night-by-james-weldon-johnson/

If the files are not available please try back later, as archive.org is having issues. The files are safe but may be temporarily unavailable. Catalog Index Mother Night by James Weldon Johnson Librivox volunteers bring you fifteen different readings of Mother Night , by James Weldon Johnson. This weekly poetry project (for the week of 2/26/2006) was selected to celebrate Black History Month. (Summary by Annie Coleman) Bartleby e-text Wikipedia - James Weldon Johnson Mother Night Internet Archive page Zip file of the entire book RSS feed Subscribe in iTunes ... Chapter-a-day mp3 and ogg files Version 1 - 00:01:27 ogg vorbis - 1.0MB Read by: Annie Coleman Version 2 - 00:01:15 ogg vorbis - 0.9MB Read by: Chip Version 3 - 00:00:50 ogg vorbis - 0.4MB Read by: Constantinos Neophytou Version 4 - 00:01:01 ogg vorbis - 0.5MB Read by: David Baker Version 5 - 00:01:04 ogg vorbis - 0.6MB Read by: Eric Jean Version 6 - 00:01:19 ogg vorbis - 0.6MB Read by: Eugene Pinto Version 7 - 00:01:14 ogg vorbis - 0.6MB Read by: Hugh McGuire Version 8 - 00:01:02 ogg vorbis - 0.7MB

36. NAACP - James Weldon Johnson Not just an influential and notable novelist, poet, and songwriter, james weldon johnson, was a lawyer, a United States consul in a foreign nation, http://www.naacp.org/about/history/jwjohnson/

37. Drop Me Off In Harlem Popular as a songwriter, masterly as a writer, riveting as a public speaker, and forceful as a proponent of civil rights, james weldon johnson was a central http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/faces/johnson_jw_text.html

Learn how literary publications provided new opportunities for black writers in On the Harlem Newsstand: Vehicles for Many Voices James Weldon Johnson Poet, novelist, playwright, civil rights leader ARTSEDGE is a project of the Education Department of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is a member of the MarcoPolo Partnership Read Johnson's " The Making of Harlem " from the March 1925 issue of Survey Graphic Popular as a songwriter, masterly as a writer, riveting as a public speaker, and forceful as a proponent of civil rights, James Weldon Johnson was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, where in 1897 he had become the first black to be admitted to the Florida bar, Johnson moved to New York City around the turn of the century. With his brother J. Rosamond and the musician Bob Cole, "Those Ebony Offenbachs" wrote light operas, Broadway shows, and popular songs such as "Lift Every Voice and Sing." The latter tune—sometimes dubbed the "black national anthem"—testifies to the trials, the triumphs, and the underlying patriotism of African Americans. Blacks may have lacked economic power, Johnson reasoned, but they could still use art and literature to improve the conditions of their daily lives. He therefore set out to promote African-American culture. His 1922 anthology

38. James Weldon Johnson An internet bibliography for American poet james weldon johnson. http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Johnson.htm

James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938) A selective bibliography of open access internet articles on James Weldon Johnson, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites main page African American writers authors, alphabetical Harlem Renaissance Literary Criticism Fabi, M. Giulia. "The Mark Within: Parody in James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man" A chapter from Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel (Univ. of Illinois) The entire book is open access, from Univ. of Ill. Press Fleming, Robert E. Review of The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Vol. 1, The New York Age Editorials: 1914-1923 , reviewed in African American Review, Summer, 1997 Goellnicht, Donald C. "Passing as autobiography: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man ," in African American Review, Spring, 1996 Morgan, Thomas L. "The city as refuge: constructing urban blackness in Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods and James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

39. James Weldon Johnson College Prep Middle School - Jacksonville Florida james weldon johnson College Prep Middle School 1840 West 9th Street * Jacksonville Florida Telephone (904) 6306640 * Fax (904) 630-6653 http://jwjpta.org/

DREAM. EXPLORE. ACHIEVE. PTA MOW SAC School Wide Yearbooks Morning Arrival Issues NJHS Food Drive Sports Updates PTA Join Internet Safety Links Box Tops Committee Openings Board Meeting: All Welcome 1/10/2008 8:40:00 AM @ Media Room SAC Monthly Meeting 1/7/2008 6:00:00 PM @ Media Room MOW Join Wish List Planning Meeting 1/8/2008 6:15:00 PM @ Media Room Notes from the Administration ... 2nd Quarter Grading Period ends Jan 16 and report card will be going home on Jan 30. If you have concerns about your child's progress, please schedule a conference through the Guidance Dept. Check out the Full Calendar for more information. View some Helpful Hints for new students, and remember to get started on reaching the 25 book requirement. In partnership with Amazon.com, your PTA has made it easy for you to pick up your summer reading list, class assigned reading, textbooks, and the fun reads to help get to the 25 book goal. SHOP NOW JWJ Honors Each month students are nominated by their team teachers as those who exemplied excellence. READ MORE Representing JWJ - Whether it's in a math competition, essay contest, science fair, history fair, sporting event - our Students attain many noteworthy accomplishments.

40. Today In History: June 17 james weldon johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing, written in 1900 on the occasion of Portrait of james weldon johnson, Carl Van Vechten, photographer, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun17.html

@import url(../css/am15_global_ss.css); @import url(ss/tih1_ss.css); Search all collections Today in History The Library of Congress American Memory Home Today in History Today in History: June 17 sources archives yesterday tomorrow The Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Bunker Hill E. Percy Moran, artist, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog On June 17 , 1775, American troops displayed their mettle in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, inflicting casualties on nearly half of the British troops dispatched to secure Breed's Hill (where most of the fighting occurred). By Sir Thomas Hyde-Page, 1775. Map Collections Approximately 2,100 British troops under the command of General Thomas Gage stormed Breed's Hill, where colonial soldiers were encamped. In their fourth charge up the hillside, the British took the hill from the rebels, who had run out of ammunition. After suffering more than 1,000 casualties during their attacks on Breed's Hill, the British halted their assaults on rebel strongholds in Boston. The last rebels left on the hill evaded capture by the British thanks to the heroic efforts of Peter Salem, an African-American soldier who mortally wounded the British commanding officer who led the last charge. When George Washington assumed command of colonial forces two weeks later, he garnered ammunition for Boston troops and secured Dorchester Heights and Bunker Hill.

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