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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Negro National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson. Johnson was appointed under President Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua for most of the period from 1906 to 1913. In 1934, he was the first African American professor to be hired at New York University. Later in life, he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University, a historically black university. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 17, 1871 (Jacksonville), Died June 26, 1938 (Wiscasset)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1944
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings (Results 76-80 of 80 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | M847 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | My castle on the Nile | Wonder State Harmonists | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Edison | 3971 | 10-in. | 7/15/1915 | My lady's lips am like de honey | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4760 | 10-in. | 6/1/1916 | The young warrior | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 5507 | 10-in. | 4/16/1917 | My lady Chlo' | Vernon Dalhart | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
California Labor School | SSR-1065 | 10-in. | 1944 or later | The negro national anthem | California Labor School Chorus ; Grace King | Vocal chorus | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Johnson, James Weldon," accessed September 3, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102599.
Johnson, James Weldon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102599.
"Johnson, James Weldon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 September 2024.
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