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James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) 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.
Grace Nail Johnson (February 27, 1885 – November 1, 1976) was an African-American civil rights activist and patron of the arts associated with the Harlem Renaissance, and wife of the writer and politician James Weldon Johnson.
Apr 2, 2014 · James Weldon Johnson was the first African-American poet to adapt the voice of the Black folk preacher to verse. James Weldon Johnson was almost lynched for speaking to a fair-skinned...
Jul 28, 2017 · Grace Elizabeth Nail was born in New London, Connecticut, the daughter of real estate developer John Bennett Nail and his wife, Mary Frances Robinson. By Harlem World Magazine July 28, 2017.
James Weldon Johnson (born June 17, 1871, Jacksonville, Fla., U.S.—died June 26, 1938, Wiscasset, Maine) was a poet, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 19, 2015 · Rosenberg-Jones noted that the “power behind James Weldon Johnson” was his wife, Grace Nail Johnson, “a fervent historian” who documented and protected her husband’s work with copyrights. Later, Dr. Wilson would “expand access to Johnson’s legacy” by teaching and bringing all of his out-of-print books back into print.
Jul 14, 2020 · Johnson and his wife, Grace Nail Johnson, had been in Islesboro visiting their friend E. George Payne, dean of the teacher’s college at New York University, in 1938. “Payne had a summer...
