Read full article: James Weldon Johnson Park hosts Hip Hop Festival ... But according to local civil rights activist Rodney Hurst, the 1960 NAACP Youth Council president who was 16 years old ...
It is widely regarded as “The Black National Anthem.” In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson wrote the hymn, while his brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), composed the music.
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 ...