James Weldon Johnson
Novelist, Author
1871 – 1938
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Who was James Weldon Johnson?
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the NAACP as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and anthologies. He was also the first African-American professor at New York University. Later in life he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1871
Jacksonville - Siblings
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Fisk University
- Lived in
- Jacksonville
- Died
- Jun 26, 1938
Wiscasset
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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