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Person Detail: James Weldon Johnson
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| Full Name: James Weldon Johnson | ||
| Biography: (1871-1938) Poet, novelist, composer, songwriter, editor of New York Age. James Weldon Johnson wrote "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" (1912). He was the first African-American to be elected head of the NAACP. He played a large role as poet, critic, and editor during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. In addition to this work, he was editor of "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922), an anthology that was the first of its kind. Mr. Johnson's poetry books include "God's Trombones" (1927), "Since You Went Away," and "My City." He wrote "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (1900), considered the black national anthem. Mr. Johnson lived in Harlem at 127 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, New York in the 1920s. |
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| 1871 |
(Unknown) County James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1871. |
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| 1938 |
(Unknown) County James Weldon Johnson died in Wiscasset, Maine, in 1938. |
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| 1920 |
New York County Johnson lived in Harlem at 127 W. 53rd Street, Manhattan, New York in the 1920s. |
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| 1912 |
(Unknown) County The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Pub: Boston, MA: Sherman, French and Company ISBN: ) Novel. |
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| 1922 |
(Unknown) County The Book of American Negro Poetry (Pub: New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry; edited by Mr. Johnson. |
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| 1927 |
(Unknown) County God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Pub: Viking Press, Inc. ISBN: ) Verse. |
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| 1892 |
(Unknown) County To A Friend Collection of poetry. |
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| 1923 |
(Unknown) County My City Collection of poetry. |
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| 1900 |
(Unknown) County Lift Every Voice and Sing Song written with brother, John Rosamond Johnson. |
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| 1938 |
Kings County James Weldon Johnson is interred at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. |
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| 1917 |
(Unknown) County Fifty Years and Other Poems (Pub: Boston, MA: The Cornhill Company ISBN: ) Poetry. |
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| 1925 |
(Unknown) County The Book of American Negro Spirituals Edited by Mr. Johnson. |
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| 1933 |
(Unknown) County Along This Way (Pub: The Viking Press ISBN: ) Autobiography. |
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| 1936 |
(Unknown) County Selected Poems Collection of poetry. |
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New York County Mr. Johnson took graduate courses at Columbia University, Manhattan, New York. |
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