James Weldon Johnson, standing behind his writing cabin in Great Barrington at "Five Acres," his summer property off Alford Road.

“I remember a special picnic that Mom and Dad gave on the banks of the Green River for Miss Ovington and her friends the Johnsons and the Courtneys. James Weldon Johnson, the well-known poet, and his wife Grace were charming”.

On July 19, 2022, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $3 million in grants to 33 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

Preservation Massachusetts, in cooperation with the 1772 Foundation, is pleased to announce

16 recipients of the 2022 1:1 matching historic preservation grants for Massachusetts.

(CNN)President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes lynching a federal hate crime, acknowledging how racial violence has left a lasting scar on the nation and asserting that these crimes are not a relic of a bygone era.

Just over 100 years ago, James Weldon Johnson joined the effort to pass the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill H.R. 11279. Originally introduced by William Monroe Trotter and Hubert Harrison and ultimately supported by the NAACP, the legislation aimed to make the lynching of private citizens a federal crime.

A little more than 100 years ago, James Weldon Johnson joined the effort to pass the Dyer Anti Lynching Bill (H.R. 11279). Originally introduced by William Monroe Trotter and Hubert Harrison and ultimately supported by the NAACP, the legislation aimed to make the lynching of private citizens a federal crime.

The Senate on Monday night passed legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk.

Tragic events in the news two years ago got Todd Mack thinking about some of the songs — and their cultural impact — written in the 1960s by a skinny Minnesota kid who was wise beyond his years and whose voice crackled like burning thorns.

I hadn’t anticipated writing another Black History Month column, but then I received two prompts about James Weldon Johnson.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was composed by J. Rosamond Johnson over 100 years ago.

“Labors of Love” show starts with a James Weldon Johnson story with interviews of Jill Jones, Rufus Jones, and Bard College at Simon’s Provost John Weinstein.

In honor of the birthday of civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), The Jaguars Foundation and the Khan Family announced that they will donate $250,000 in support of the creation of the Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park.

For more than 100 years "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" has been known as the Black national anthem. Rep. James Clyburn says it's time for it to be honored as the national hymn, and on Jan. 13, he filed a bill to try to make that official.

"Mr. President in your speech you talked about faith. You talked about tribulations, but you talked about victory.

Laura Migiorino is pleased to share that she received a Fulbright Fellowship to London.

James Weldon Johnson at the Writing Cabin, Five Acres, Great Barrington, circa 1930-1936 (JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION, YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY)

The Boston Globe, Couple to restore Berkshires writing cabin of poet, civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson

By Martha Merrow, July 26, 2019