“She’s the one who sent you all those wonderful poems,” Gwendolyn’s mother told James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” afterward dubbed the ...

The “Journey to Juneteenth” event series started Tuesday with a flag-raising ceremony, marking the first event in a ...

Walking on Broadway near West 166th Street, artist and historian Kamau Ware pointed out that slain civil rights leader and activist Malcolm X spent his last hours nearby. "Yes, Malcolm spent time ...

In 1900, for instance, three years before DuBois published The Souls of Black Folk, civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson and musician J. Rosamund Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice ...

who scored the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for his brother James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics. Another stop, the home of poet and writer Larry Neil, who wrote of Malcolm ...

James Weldon Johnson School is a public school located in New York, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of James Weldon Johnson School is 526 and the school serves PK-8.

James Weldon Johnson College Prepartory Middle School is a public school located in Jacksonville, FL, which is in a large city setting. The student population of James Weldon Johnson College ...

It will also feature music of some of Green-Wood’s own permanent residents, among them James Weldon Johnson, Fred Ebb and Leonard Bernstein. Enjoy a selection of contemporary pieces by a diverse ...

Past festivals have been held at Metropolitan Park, Daily's Place, James Weldon Johnson Park, the downtown courthouse, the old Jacksonville Landing, the Ford on Bay site and at Mayport.