At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...

The novel calls to mind James Weldon Johnson’s 1912 novel, “Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man,” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” as well as books by Percival Everett, Paul Beatty ...

From June 18 to 21, the Ritz Chamber Players performed a classical concert of all Black composers and musicians for the ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a ...

Its words were written by educator and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson for the occasion, and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, set them to music.

Fellows and guests gathered at the 2024 Du Bois Forum Plaque commemorating the birthsite of W.E.B. Du Bois The Du Bois Forum is plea ...

WHEREAS, An Act To Create a James Weldon Johnson Annual Observance Day and an Observance Task Force was enacted in Maine on June 20, 2021, to honor the life and perpetuate the legacy of one of our ...

Object Details Artist Carlo de Fornaro, 1871 - 1949 Sitter James Weldon Johnson, 17 Jun 1871 - 27 Jun 1938 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date 1911 Object number NPG.90 ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...