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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 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. (From Wikipedia) More about James Weldon Johnson:
Associated authors:
- Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974
- Falls, C. B. (Charles Buckles), 1874-1960
- Douglas, Aaron
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Shillady, John R., 1875-1943
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927
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1 additional book about James Weldon Johnson in the extended shelves:Books by James Weldon Johnson: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Africa in the World Democracy: Addresses Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, January 6, 1919, at Carnegie Hall, New York City (New York: NAACP, 1919), also by Horace Meyer Kallen, contrib. by John R. Shillady, William H. Sheppard, and W. E. B. Du Bois- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Gutenberg text)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Boston: Sherman, French and Co., 1912)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, ed.: The Book of American Negro Poetry, Chosen and Edited With an Essay on the Negro's Creative Genius (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1922)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, ed.: The Book of American Negro Spirituals (New York: Viking Press, 1925), contrib. by J. Rosamond Johnson and Lawrence Brown (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Fifty Years & Other Poems (Boston: The Cornhill Co., c1917), contrib. by Brander Matthews
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (New York: The Viking Press, 1927), illust. by Aaron Douglas and C. B. Falls
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Self-Determining Haiti (c1920)
Additional books by James Weldon Johnson in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The autobiography of an ex-colored man (New American Library, 1948) (page images at HathiTrust)- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The autobiography of an ex-coloured man. (Knopf, 1951) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The book of American Negro poetry (Harcourt, Brace and Company /, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The book of American negro poetry : chosen and edited with an essay on the negro's creative genius. (Harcourt, Brace and company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The Book of American Negro spirituals (Chapman & Hall, 1926), also by Lawrence Brown and J. Rosamond Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The book of American Negro spirituals (Viking Press, 1933), also by J. Rosamond Johnson and Lawrence Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Der weisse Neger : ein Leben zwischen den Rassen (Frankfurt am Main : Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei, 1928., 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Fifty years & other poems (The Cornhill company, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: God's trombones; seven Negro sermons in verse (The Viking press, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: God's trombones; seven Negro sermons in verse (The Viking press, 1955) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Goyescas : an opera in three tableaux (G. Schirmer, 1915), also by Enrique Granados, Fernando Periquet, and Ruth Neils and John M. Ward Collection of Opera Scores (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Goyescas; an opera in three tableaux. The book by Fernando Periquet. English version by James Weldon Johnson. (G. Schirmer, 1915), also by Enrique Granados and Fernando Periquet (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Goyescas : or the rival lovers (G. Schirmer, 1915), also by Enrique Granados and Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Goyescas; or, The rival lovers; opera in three tableaux. The book by Fernando Periquet, the music by Enrique Granados. English version by James Weldon Johnson. (G. Schirmer, 1915), also by Enrique Granados and Fernando Periquet (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Mañanica era = The goddess in the garden : for a high or medium voice with piano accompaniment (G. Schirmer, 1916), also by Enrique Granados (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Native African races and culture (Charlottesville, Va., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The second book of negro spirituals (Viking Press, 1926), also by J. Rosamond Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: The second book of negro spirituals (The Viking Press, 1926), also by J. Rosamond Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Southland ([publisher not identified], in the 1910s), also by J. Rosamond Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Spirituals (New York : The Viking Press, 1925., 1925), also by Josephine Pinyon Holmes, Lawrence Brown, J. Rosamond Johnson, Brentano's (Firm), Vail-Ballou Press, and Viking Press (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: Two love-songs : for a high voice with piano accompaniment (G. Schirmer, 1916), also by J. Rosamond Johnson and Jessie Adelaide Middleton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: When de leaves begin to fall (Ladies Home Journal, 1905), also by Bob Cole and Sam Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938: When I was just a little gal down souf (Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1905), also by Bob Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
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![Van Vechten, Carl,, 1880-1964,, photographer.
[Portrait of James Weldon Johnson]
1932 Dec. 3.
1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
Notes:
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print.
Van Vechten number: XVI B 5.
Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.
Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Johnson, James Weldon,--1871-1938.
Format: Portrait photographs.
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