The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Booker ...

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 ...

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.

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

titled “Sonnet” and written by Black poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). My heart be brave, and do not falter so, Nor utter more that deep, despairing wail.

It's now James Weldon Johnson Park, after poet, diplomat, attorney and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson. Johnson, with his brother, also composed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which ...

Officials said the violence happened in and around two big housing developments in East Harlem, the Lehman Village houses and the James Weldon Johnson houses. Eight gang members are under arrest.

For opening day of the draft on April 24 in Green Bay, Milwaukee-based choir members from the James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s National Hymn Choir will perform “Lift Every Voice,” directed ...

The Democrat, 55, who has been attacking cuts under the Trump administration, vowed to keep going "as long as I am physically able." ...