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.

The park was originally named City Park before it changed to James Weldon Johnson Park in 2020. “It’s the heart of downtown, so it’ll speak to all that within the upcoming design work ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - James Weldon Johnson wrote these words in a poem that later became the Black national anthem. "Lift every voice and sing. 'Til earth and heaven ring." Johnson was an author, an ...

In 2016, Jill and Rufus formed the James Weldon Johnson Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing Johnson's remarkable legacy through both education and an artist-in-residence program.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some books you can’t find in Florida classrooms and libraries were on display in James Weldon Johnson Park Thursday night. It was part of a banned book readout event to ...

James Weldon Johnson Park hasn’t been updated since 1977. The park is expected to get a whole new makeover. The park is located in the heart of downtown Jacksonville near city hall.

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), American Writer and Civil Rights Activist, seated Portrait, Doris Ulmann, 1925.

The hymn’s origins trace back to a segregated school in Jacksonville, Florida, led by activist and author James Weldon Johnson, according to the NAACP.

— 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.