James Weldon Johnson

CTL-E-1527 · Person · writer · 1900s-1930s

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Author, diplomat, and civil-rights leader; wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1900); first Black executive secretary of the NAACP (1920-1930).

Relationships

NAACP Silent Protest Parade (1917) — related to
Johnson helped organize the NAACP's Silent Protest Parade of July 28, 1917.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — affiliated with
Johnson served as the NAACP's first Black executive secretary from 1920 to 1930.
Phillis Wheatley — related to
James Weldon Johnson's The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), the first anthology of Black poetry, included Phillis Wheatley's poems.
W. E. B. Du Bois — related to
Johnson and Du Bois were allied NAACP founders and leaders through the association's early decades.
Walter F. White — related to
Johnson preceded White as NAACP executive secretary; White had served as Johnson's assistant secretary from 1918.

Referenced by

God's Trombones — authored by → this record
Lift Every Voice and Sing — authored by → this record
New York Age — wrote for → this record

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