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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 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 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, is the presidential library and museum of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969). It is located on the grounds of the University of Texas at Austin, and is one of 13 presidential libraries administered by the National ...
James Weldon Johnson. Grace Nail Johnson (February 27, 1885 – November 1, 1976) was an African-American civil rights activist and patron of the arts associated with the Harlem Renaissance, and wife of the writer and politician James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was the daughter of John Bennett Nail, a wealthy businessman and civil rights activist.
A Virginia man became the third HIV-positive person in the U.S. to donate his heart, and the first for the hospital where the surgery was performed. Zack Pate of Hampton Roads recently died by ...
The Fight of the Century or the Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight was a boxing match between the first African American world heavyweight champion of boxing Jack Johnson and the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries on July 4, 1910, US Independence Day. It was highly significant in the history of race relations in the ...
A big change to kickoffs highlights the list. Frank Schwab. August 1, 2024 at 1:27 PM. The NFL has drastically changed its kickoff rules for this season. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images ...
The Marvelous Ms. Hoda Kotb will be 60 this year and has many things in store for reaching this milestone! Are you one of the many people saying goodbye to your 50s and hello to your 60s? We’re ...
The following images are taken from the Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive. Because they are faithful reproductions of a two-dimensional works of art on which copyright has expired, the images are themselves in the public domain. (See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag ) Note that the pictures from Pantaleon's "Prosopographiae" should ...