James Weldon Johnson

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

A dramatized biography of the songwriter, diplomat, and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 84680
Municipal archives id: LT1122

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