Book Description
This year 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Trombones (1927), and Saint Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day (1935)--along with a number of previously unpublished poems.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.
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.
About the author
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a twentieth century Renaissance man. The first black lawyer admitted to the Florida bar, Johnson served as American consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua and as executive secretary of the NAACP, and was Professor of Creative Literature at Fisk University. In addition to his poems and lyrics, he wrote Along this Way, Black Manhattan, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Sondra Kathryn Wilson, is an Associate of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University. Her publications include two volumes of James Weldon Johnson's writings, In Search of Democracy, The Crisis Reader, Opportunity Reader, and The Messenger Reader.
Sondra Kathryn Wilson, is an Associate of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University. Her publications include two volumes of James Weldon Johnson's writings, In Search of Democracy, The Crisis Reader, Opportunity Reader, and The Messenger Reader.
