today in black history

June 17, 2026

Composer and educator James Weldon Johnson, who wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Today In Black America: 06.04.09

With Brette Dawson

POSTED: June 04, 2009, 6:37 pm

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