Person Detail: James Weldon Johnson

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General Information:
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. 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. Johnson lived in Harlem at 127 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, New York in the 1920s.
Author's Timeline:
1871		(Unknown) County James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1871.
1892		(Unknown) County To A Friend Collectin of poetry.
1900		(Unknown) County Lift Every Voice and Sing Song written with brother, John Rosamond Johnson.
1912		(Unknown) County The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Novel.
1917		(Unknown) County Fifty Years and Other Poems Poetry.
1920		New York County Johnson lived in Harlem at 127 W. 53rd Street, Manhattan, New York in the 1920s.
1922		(Unknown) County The Book of American Negro Poetry Collection of poetry; edited by Johnson.
1923		(Unknown) County My City Collection of poetry.
1925		(Unknown) County The Book of American Negro Spirituals Edited by Johnson.
1927		(Unknown) County God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse Verse.
1933		(Unknown) County Along This Way Autobiography.
1936		(Unknown) County Selected Poems Collection of poetry.
1938		(Unknown) County James Weldon Johnson died in Wiscasset, Maine in 1938.
1938		Kings County James Weldon Johnson is interred at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
?		New York County Johnson took graduate courses at Columbia University, Manhattan, New York.