“But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form.Quote by James Weldon JohnsonTopics: Quotes about James Weldon JohnsonShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman...#James Weldon Johnson
Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted...#James Weldon Johnson
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious...#James Weldon Johnson
The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided...#James Weldon Johnson
There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I...#James Weldon Johnson
