Complete Poems by James Weldon Johnson

Complete Poems

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Complete Poems by James Weldon Johnson
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Complete Poems

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Complete Poems

by James Weldon Johnson

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 2000 marks the centenary of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," James Weldon Johnson's most famous lyric, which is now embraced as the Negro National Anthem. In celebration, this Penguin original collects all the poems from Johnson's published works--Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917), God's Trombones (1927), and Saint Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day (1935)--along with a number of previously unpublished poems.

Sondra Kathryn Wilson, the foremost authority on Johnson and his work, provides an introduction that sheds light on Johnson's many achievements and his pioneering contributions to recording and celebrating the African American experience.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Book Details
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN:
9780141185453
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
240
Authors:
James Weldon Johnson
Published Date:
2000-10-01
Language:
English
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About James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) wrote the words of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1900. He wrote them for a Lincoln's birthday celebration at the segregated Jacksonville school where he was principal; his brother J. Rosamond Johnson composed the music. He received a BA and an MA from Atlanta University, was admitted to the Florida Bar, and served as United States consul in Venezuela and then Nicaragua before joining the NAACP, whose executive secretary he was from 1920 to 1930. His poetry collections are Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917) and God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927); he also wrote the novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and edited The Book of American Negro Poetry. The NAACP gave him its Spingarn Medal in 1925.

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