“She’s the one who sent you all those wonderful poems,” Gwendolyn’s mother told James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” afterward dubbed the ...

The “Journey to Juneteenth” event series started Tuesday with a flag-raising ceremony, marking the first event in a ...

civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson and musician J. Rosamund Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—the song we now know as the Black National Anthem. One hundred and ...

James Weldon Johnson School is a public school located in New York, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of James Weldon Johnson School is 526 and the school serves PK-8.

Past festivals have been held at Metropolitan Park, Daily's Place, James Weldon Johnson Park, the downtown courthouse, the old Jacksonville Landing, the Ford on Bay site and at Mayport.

James Weldon Johnson College Prepartory Middle School is a public school located in Jacksonville, FL, which is in a large city setting. The student population of James Weldon Johnson College ...

He talked about the brilliance of LeBron James and Stephen Curry—not ... but then came the black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” As the lyrics rang out over the crowd, the ...

BRIDGEWATER — It was the final performance for many artists on "The Voice ... How was James' performance on Monday night's show? Even though James was not picked to move on, every single ...

“So over time you watch hitters and you see what those guys did, and a lot of those attributes show up every night with James ... but I don’t try and lift it in the air or anything.