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Someone will definitely be happy with this, but it seems like it will have to be the right person to appreciate the history that is still found inside and outside the building.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. of PBS fame knows plenty about America’s Black writers, including Florida’s own James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston.
James Weldon Johnson, lyricist of the "Black national anthem," was killed in an accident in Wiscasset in 1938.
James Weldon Johnson, lyricist of the "Black national anthem," was killed in an accident in Wiscasset in 1938.
It is time to honor Jacksonville native James Weldon Johnson, who created “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the black national anthem.