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James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist.

Born June 17th, 1871 in Jacksonville. [ref]

Died June 26th, 1938 at 67 years old in Wiscasset (traffic collision). [ref]

Occupations
composer, diplomat, jurist, lawyer, novelist, poet, politician, songwriter, writer

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Hubert H. Humphrey