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Article-a-Day #37: Black America Web-James Weldon Johnson Diplomat, Professor, Poet, and Co-Author of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”

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James Weldon Johnson achieved many high marks in his life, including becoming chosen as the first Black Executive Secretary of the NAACP. The co-author of the “Negro National Anthem” was born June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida.

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