James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida. This essay explores the life, career, and legacy of James Weldon Johnson. One may highlight that James Weldon Johnson wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing”, which later became known as the Black National Anthem.
James Weldon Johnson’s mother was a teacher, his father was a resort hotel head waiter. He was very lucky, because James and his brother John Rosamond grew up in broadly cultured and economically secure surroundings that were unusual among Southern Black families at the time. Johnson’s mother stimulated his early interests in reading, drawing, and music, and he attended the segregated Stanton School, where she taught,