Finally, something worth putting your book down for! Authors and readers from around the country will gather at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, January 25th for the JAX Urban Book Festival.

American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to come ...

The DIA aims to create a vibrant corridor along Laura Street, connecting James Weldon Johnson Park to Riverfront Plaza. Several restaurants are planned for the area, including Pizza Dynamo ...

John B. Magruder” due to not being named in the same fashion as Fredrick Douglass Elementary or the all-Black James Weldon Johnson School, which operated as a middle and high school before being ...

Participating artists will be given all the chalk they need to create their masterpieces on the sidewalk surrounding Downtown’s James Weldon Johnson Park. Artists will get six hours to work ...

Booker was growing emotional reading letters from constituents about their Social Security needs and reciting the poetry of James Weldon Johnson, who led the NAACP in the early 20th century.

10.Cory Booker read "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a poem by American writer and Civil Rights activist James Weldon Johnson. AP / Via youtube.com The beginning of the poem reads: "Lift every voice ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, an unknown scholar in ancient Mesopotamia wrote the first known book on a series of clay tablets. The ...

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At the end of his speech, James Weldon Johnson, the NAACP’s leader, embraced the aged lawyer and wept with him there in the courtroom. A few weeks later, Darrow was staggered by a heart attack.