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This videos is a graphite pencil portrait drawing of James Weldon Johnson, author of the poem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing". His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed and put the poem to song. Later to be adopted by the NAACP as the official Negro National Anthem.
This drawing and more can be viewed online at www.fineartbyrobertjackson.com. This graphite pencil drawing is Bristol board paper 14x17.
Born on June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida, James Weldon Johnson was a civil rights activist, writer, composer, politician, educator and lawyer, as well as one of the leading figures in the creation and development of the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating from Atlanta University, Johnson worked as a principal in a grammar school, founded a newspaper, The Daily American, and became the first African American to pass the Florida Bar. His published works include The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912) and God's Trombones (1927). Johnson died on June 26, 1938, in Wiscasset, Maine.
The music used for the video was "Lift Every Voice and Sing" sung by Brotha Afrika, Committed and Ray Charles.
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