James Weldon Johnson Medal recipients Nov 5, 2009
Emory president James W. Wagner speaks about the six individuals being honored for achievements in their fields during the James Weldon Johnson Medal ceremony at the Carter Center. It was hosted by the university's James Weldon Johnson Institute. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Emory to Honor Black Education Pioneer Oct 15, 2009
The 85-year-old Byas recently placed his archive at Emory's special collections library, which has an African-American literature and history collection that includes items from poets Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson and author Alice Walker. The Emory event is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Robert 0000372B W. Woodruff Library. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Local Students Win National Poster Contest Aug 27, 2009
Both girls are now freshmen at Stanton College Prep and created the posters while they were students at James Weldon Johnson Preparatory School. Poster By Elizabeth Utset. (News4Jax.com, FL)
The NAACP will lift its voice Jul 17, 2009
-- from "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson. In this, the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, people still question our value, our relevancy -- why we still exist. (NJ.com -- Times)
President Clinton Inducted Into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Jul 11, 2009
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a long-time member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. responded, "I am so pleased and delighted that President Bill Clinton has accepted membership in my fraternity. As a true servant-leader it is fitting for him to join the ranks of civil rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph, Atlanta businessman Herman Russell, former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, former NAACP Leader James Weldon Johnson and renowned scientist George Washington Carver. My... (PR Newswire)
Life's Song Set to Poetry Apr 20, 2009
A few of those talented American poets include Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Anne Bradstreet, May Swenson, William Blake, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman and Gwendolyn Brooks. Each of these poets has written poems that capture the essence of historic times and experiences in America s past. (Suite101.com)
A soulful reading of biblical themes in verse Mar 5, 2009
James Weldon Johnson, reportedly an agnostic himself, wrote the piece in 1927, subtitling it "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse," drawing on the cadence and repertoire of African-American preachers who shared and refined their themes until they became an oral tradition that filled churches on Sundays. "The Creation" is the most familiar piece: "And God stepped out on space And he looked around and said: I'm lonely I'll make me a world.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
100 YEARS A Century of the NAACP Feb 12, 2009
On any given day in the 1920s, if you had stopped by the NAACP's New York headquarters you would have seen James Weldon Johnson, the famous poet, songwriter and lawyer who was NAACP executive secretary. Scholar Du Bois, who edited the association's fiery Crisis magazine, was there, too, often locked in debate with the poet and author Jessie Fauset, a literary editor of the magazine. (Washington Post)
150 attend annual Martin Luther King Community ceremony Feb 8, 2009
Afterward, Jim Guldenstern, the district s music director, told the story of James Weldon Johnson, a Jacksonville, Fla. native whose mother was the state s first black school teacher. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
VOICES OF FAITH: Where we were meant to be Feb 7, 2009
James Weldon Johnson. In today s sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun. (Concord Journal, MA)
