An Introduction to the Life of James Weldon (1475 words, 6 pages)
Herman BeaversJohnson, James Weldon (17 June 1871-26 June 1938), civil-rights leader, poet, andnovelist, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of James Johnson, a resort hotelheadwaiter, and Helen Dillet, a schoolteacher. He grew up in a secure, middle-class homein an era, Johnson recalled in Along This Way (1933), when "Jacksonville ...
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