Letter, 1979.

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Letter, 1979.

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A letter from Collins, a Baptist minister, recalling how the Loraine Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin, dealt with its segregation policy when Black poet James Weldon Johnson stayed there while in Madison in 1928 for a speaking engagement.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938

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James Weldon Johnson was a publisher, educator, lawyer, composer, artist, diplomat, and civil rights leader. Together with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem", as well as a large number of popular songs for the musical stage of the early twentieth century. Johnson also served as consul of the United States to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He wrote several books and served as editor of the New York Age. ...

Collins, George L.

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