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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.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912/1927) by James Weldon Johnson is the fictional account of a young biracial man, referred to only as the "Ex-Colored Man", living in post-Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American scholars Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West have identified the collection as one of Johnson's two most notable works, the other being Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. [1]
The song was originally written as a poem in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, the NAACP's executive secretary for 10 years, per the NAACP.
The Book of American Negro Poetry is a 1922 poetry anthology that was compiled by James Weldon Johnson. The first edition, published in 1922, was "the first of its kind ever published" [1] and included the works of thirty-one poets. A second edition was released in 1931 with works by nine additional poets.
James Weldon Johnson, Second award and Bronze medal for his "introductory essay to his books on Negro Spirituals" [3] Education. Virginia Estelle Randolph, First award and Gold medal. Arthur Schomberg, Second award and Bronze medal, awarded "for his collection of publications on Negro life and history" [3] [13] Industry, including business
Pages in category "Works by James Weldon Johnson" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
James W. Johnson may refer to: James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance; James Wood Johnson (1856–1932), co-founder of the company Johnson and Johnson; Lefty Johnson (pitcher) (James W. Johnson), American baseball player of the 1930s