James Weldon Johnson

Why Is James Weldon Johnson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, James Weldon Johnson 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 , where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be 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 Negro National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson.

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James Weldon Johnson's Published Works

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Published Papers

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (254)
The Book of American Negro Poetry (130)
Three Negro Classics (69)
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (63)
Negro Americans, What Now? (1934) (14)
The Second Book of Negro Spirituals (1927) (6)
Saint Peter Relates an Incident: Selected Poems (3)
Lynching—America’s National Disgrace (1924) (3)
A Real Poet (1922) (1)
Congo Love Song (1)
The glory of the day was in her face (1)
La maja y el ruiseñor = The maja and the nightingale : from the opera Goyescas (1944) (0)
Tell me, dusky maiden : (a travesty.) ... (0)
Marie Cahill's Congo love song (0)
Marie Cahill’s Congo love song / words by J. W. Johnson ; music by Rosamond Johnson. (0)
Passionale four songs for tenor (0)
Quo Vadis?@@@Negro Americans, What Now? (0)
A Prepossessing Little Maid (0)
The Maid of Timbuctoo (0)
Roaming Around the Town (0)
Her eyes, twin pools (0)
Excuse Me Mister Moon (0)

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What Are James Weldon Johnson's Academic Contributions?

James Weldon Johnson is most known for their academic work in the field of law. They are also known for their academic work in the fields of and literature.

James Weldon Johnson has made the following academic contributions: