James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (born 1871)

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was…