1871–1938 · American writer and civil-rights activist
James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist born in Jacksonville, Florida.
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About James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist born in Jacksonville, Florida. He wrote The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, published in 1912, and poetry, including God’s Trombones (1927). He lived in New York and served as a diplomat in Latin America. He died in Maine.
- Born
- 1871
- Died
- 1938
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