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On June 17 1871 one of the greatest African Autor was born in Jaclsonville, Flordia
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On this day Johnson enrolled at Clark Atlanta University. A private scholl for African Americans only.
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Johson graduated with a bachelor's degree and completed some college coursework
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while working as a principal he founded the Daily American newspaper.
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After graduation Johnson went back to Jacksonville to start teaching at Stanton. After for sevral years Johnson became the principal at 35.
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On this day Johnson became the first African American to pass the Flordia Bar. The Flordia bar is professional body of lawyers in Flordia
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Not long after becoming a lawyer James and his brother wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which would later become the official anthem of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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President Therdore Roosevelt appointed James Weldon Johnson to diplomatic positions in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
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After coming back from a job for President Therdore Roosevelt James Weldon Johnson married Grace Nail a singer in New York
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After getting married Johnson went back to Venezuela and Nicaragua for four more years. After coming back he accepted a job a the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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After working for six years Johnson worked his way up to CEO of NAACP
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After ten years of being CEO of the NAACP he decided to retire from the company. After retirement he wrote and published poetry and novels
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Johnson became the first African-American professor at New York University.
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At age 67 James Weldon Johnson died in a train accident while on vacation in Wiscasset, Maine. More than 2,000 people attended his funeral in Harlem.
