name: James Weldon Johnson
birth_date: 1871-06-17 00:00:00
death_date: 1938-06-26 00:00:00
genres: Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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about: James Weldon Johnson was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is remembered best for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University. Later in life he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University.