Words & photos by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri “I think the greatest thing about parks and entertaining people within a park is that it is accessible to all. You can have people who are unhoused, and ...

Brew & Barbecue returns for its ninth year at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, November 15th, from 5 pm to 10 p.m., promising an evening of food, music, and fun. Hosted by Friends of James ...

Often called the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be performed before thousands of cheering football fans at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, Feb. 12. The song holds a special place ...

To the editor: I have long been fascinated by James Weldon Johnson's “The Creation,” begun in 1916 and completed a decade later in Great Barrington and published in "God’s Trombones: Seven Negro ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, the Ritz Theater & Museum and the City of Jacksonville hosted the fifth annual Jacksonville Emancipation Celebration at Lift Ev’re Voice and Sing ...

Jacob Garza hails from Baton Rouge and loves showcasing his Louisiana heritage with the food on his food truck. He launched the Crawfish Festival 4 years ago after seeing how the party in Pensacola ...

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of '25 ...

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"National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection Illustrated Checklist," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Instit. Press, 1987, pg. 158. Summary Portrait of James Weldon John seated against a landscape ...