Read full article: Authors show off books at the Jacksonville Urban Book Festival Authors showed off their work at James Weldon Johnson Park at the Urban Book Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon ...

Jaguars receiver Chris Conley takes us through the little-known black history of Jacksonville, Florida, and the story of its most notable native son, James Wheldon Johnson, author of the iconic ...

It was 125 years ago that 500 Jacksonville school children at Edwin M. Stanton School first performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" in celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on ...

Finally, something worth putting your book down for! Authors and readers from around the country will gather at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, January 25th for the JAX Urban Book Festival.