Read full article: Authors show off books at the Jacksonville Urban Book Festival Authors showed off their work at James Weldon Johnson Park at the Urban Book Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to ...

It was written by James Weldon Johnson, who considered the piece a hymn. James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem, was originally written ...

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.

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.

Finally, something worth putting your book down for! Authors and readers from around the country will gather at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, January 25th for the JAX Urban Book Festival.

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 ...