The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. Jame’s brother John Rosamond Johnson ...

How far and how wide Lift Every Voice and Sing resonated was a surprise to its creator. James Weldon Johnson wrote in his 1934 autobiography that “the schoolchildren of Jacksonville kept singing the ...

A prime example of this is in James Weldon Johnson ... killing of George Floyd. Johnson is also immortalized at another stop on the tour, Lift Every Voice and Sing Park, named for the National ...

Established in 1866, LaVilla is Jacksonville’s oldest neighborhood in Jacksonville. This community made significant ...

As the first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” rang out, she wasn’t just performing – she was telling a story, delivering a message that had echoed through generations. Written in 1900 by James ...

When you think of jazz hubs in the South, New Orleans is probably the first place that comes to mind, right? But believe it or not, Jacksonville was actually one of the first major jazz hubs in the ...

Paxon was placed on lockdown, while James Weldon Johnson was on a lockout. Paxon and the surrounding neighborhood were searched, but no evidence of the person or a threat to safety was found.

The two schools locked down Friday were James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School and Paxon High School. The possible threat originated at Paxon, the district said, but nearby JWJ was ...