James Weldon Johnson
1871 – 1938 · b. Jacksonville · d. Wiscasset
United States
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Biography
James Weldon Johnson 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 organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of Black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson.
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- Spingarn Medal (1925)No list
- William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among NegroesNo list
- Florida Artists Hall of FameNo list
Notable Works
- The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Spouse
- Grace Nail Johnson (1910–1938)
Education
- Columbia University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Fisk University
- Stanton College Preparatory School
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Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man
1912
The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
1970
Creation
1981
On Writing
2001
"I'll make me a world"
"I'll make me a world"
Along this way
Anyone Can Live Off the Land
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (an African American Heritage Book)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Warbler Classics)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Other Writings
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Other Writings
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Large Print
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Large Print
Bitterroot Trail
Bitterroot Trail
Black Manhattan
Book of American Negro Poetry
Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown
Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown
Complete Poems
Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)
Daystar and Shadow
Daystar and Shadow
Do you believe in ghosts?
Do you believe in ghosts?
Fifty years & other poems
Fifty Years and Other Poems
Fifty Years and Other Poems by James Weldon Johnson
Gib mein Volk frei
Gib mein Volk frei
God’s Trombones
God's trombones and selected twentieth century Negro poetry
God's trombones and selected twentieth century Negro poetry
Habu
Habu
I'll Make A World
I'll Make A World
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson speaks
James Weldon Johnson speaks
L' autonomie d'Haïti
L' autonomie d'Haïti
Legal aspects of the Negro problem
Legal aspects of the Negro problem
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
Native African Races and Culture
Negro Americans, what now?
Negro Americans, what now?
O'Black and Unknown Bards
Poems
Poetry
Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830
Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830
Saint Peter Relates an Incident
Saint Peter Relates an Incident
Saint Peter relates an incident of the resurrection day
Saint Peter relates an incident, selected poems
Saint Peter relates an incident, selected poems
Self-determining Haiti
Songs of Cole and Johnson Brothers
Songs of Cole and Johnson Brothers
The autobiography of an ex-coloured man
The books of American Negro spirituals
The books of American Negro spirituals, including The book of American Negro spirituals and The second book of Negro spirituals [by] James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
The books of American Negro spirituals, including The book of American Negro spirituals and The second book of Negro spirituals [by] James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
The Creation and Other Poems
The engineer
The engineer