Members of the LaVilla community have made significant contributions to music and arts nationwide, including James Weldon Johnson -- the ... neighborhood LaVilla was home to the Jacksonville ...

It was home to the first public blues performance ... Is the Life Every Voice and Sing Park,” which honors James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson, who both grew up in the community.

James Weldon Johnson was there to meet him ... The soldiers were coming home. Those veterans included 380,000 Black men, who trusted that their military service had earned them a full share ...

And they included Walter White, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes ... GERMUNDSON: In honor of Charlotte Crump, the University now has “Charlotte’s Home for Black Women,” which provides housing and ...

Shirley graduated from James Weldon Johnson School. She retired from Eastern ... at Whiting’s Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Dillard may be viewed ...

His visage is a home for a host of emotions to make their residency ... so much peace and solace in some of the texts I’ve written. Last week we read James Weldon Johnson’s “The Autobiography of an Ex ...

Paxon and James Weldon Johns schools in Jacksonville are on lockdown Friday morning due to police activity in the ...

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Paxon was placed on lockdown, while James Weldon Johnson was on a lockout. Paxon and the surrounding neighborhood were searched, but no evidence of the person or a threat to safety was found.

The two schools locked down Friday were James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School and Paxon High School. The possible threat originated at Paxon, the district said, but nearby JWJ was ...