Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation, named after the poet, civil rights activist, and diplomat himself, organized the performance. In an interview April 27, foundation ...

“A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the first major ... I don’t know what James Weldon Johnson thought about: I can’t speak to that. And I do see the value in taking time to recognize the ...

James Weldon Johnson and Charles C ... but supporters of giving the honor to Johnson — who was a poet, a diplomat, a civil rights leader, an educator and an attorney — said it's a ...

Civil rights icon James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem and his brother Rosamond put the words to music. The song was performed for the first time by 500 children at the Edwin Stanton School in ...

It was James Weldon Johnson who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key figures in American ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also ... which was initially written as a poem. The organization said it was first performed in ...

"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" was originally written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson, but his brother J. Rosamond, turned it into music. The song was performed for the first time in 1900 ...

The song, which is referred to as “The Black National Anthem,” was written in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson as a poem, with music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, according ...

R&B artist Ledisi will precede Batiste with a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a poem written in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson, which is often referred to as the Black ...