RANDOLPH STAKEMAN, HISTORIAN: Walter, on behalf of the group, wrote to the NAACP, asking them to form a chapter in Atlanta. That letter ended up with James Weldon Johnson, who had just become the ...

James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and ... appeal for the liberty of Black Americans," according to the NAACP, where Johnson was a leader. "Set against the religious invocation of God ...

Read full article: James Weldon Johnson Park hosts Hip Hop Festival ... But according to local civil rights activist Rodney Hurst, the 1960 NAACP Youth Council president who was 16 years old ...

It is widely regarded as “The Black National Anthem.” In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson wrote the hymn, while his brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), composed the music.

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music brother John Rosamond Johnson.

Feb. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America ...

James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music. It would soon be adopted by the NAACP as its official song.Today ...