A Guide to the James Weldon Johnson Photograph 1920
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11072
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
James Weldon Johnson Photograph, 1920, Accession #11072, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This item was purchased from David Schulson Autographs, New York, NY, on December 9, 1992.
Biographical/Historical Information
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1932) was an African-American writer and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its secretary from 1916 to 1930.
Scope and Content Information
This photograph shows Johson sitting against a wooden post. It is signed on the bottom margin in blue ink: "James Weldon Johnson."