The battle was first waged over the right of the negro to be classed as a human being with — James Weldon Johnson
Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys’ choir, it being found that — James Weldon Johnson
Northern white people love the negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense — James Weldon Johnson
My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime — James Weldon Johnson
I thought of paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of london as a big freckle. — James Weldon Johnson
Any musical person who has never heard a negro congregation under the spell of religious — James Weldon Johnson
My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her. — James Weldon Johnson
My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead — James Weldon Johnson
Labor is the fabled magician’s wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. — James Weldon Johnson
It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights — James Weldon Johnson
In berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. — James Weldon Johnson
I had enjoyed life in paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. — James Weldon Johnson
Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of venice as the city of canals — James Weldon Johnson
I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly — James Weldon Johnson
I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the — James Weldon Johnson
But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and — James Weldon Johnson
And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books. — James Weldon Johnson
Americans are immensely popular in paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they — James Weldon Johnson