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James Weldon Johnson Home
911 Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd, Nashville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 9' 52.38",
-86° 48' 16.979976"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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This Dutch Colonial house was built in 1931 for James Weldon Johnson. He served as U.S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, editor of the New York Age, and field secretary of the NAACP. Johnson's poem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, is renowned as the Negro National Anthem. Johnson occupied the Adam K. Spence Chair of Creative Literature and taught creative writing at Fisk University from 1931 until his death in 1938.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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James Weldon Johnson Home Historical Marker Location Map, Nashville, Tennessee Map
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