Thomas Fortune and James Weldon Johnson
African American writers of Jacksonville
<p>Biographical information on Thomas Fortune and James Weldon Johnson, with a discussion of "Lift Every Voice and Sing."</p>
<p>An author by the surname Richardson created this document, and Viola Muse added a few handwritten notes. Richardson is possibly the Federal Writers' Project fieldworker Martin Richardson (see, for instance, <a href="https://unfdhi.org/violamuse-editions/content/works-cited.xml#wpa-sn-vol3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, <em>Slave Narratives</em>, vol. 3,</a> p. 229). Another individual by that surname mentioned in this collection is Benjamin A. Richardson, the subject of three documents in the collection: <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin A. Richardson (1 of 3)</a>, <span><a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin A. Richardson (2 of 3)</a>, and <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin A. Richardson (3 of 3)</a>. Benjamin A. Richardson's education background suggests he could have been the author. However, the header on the document—which resembles the headers Muse herself included on many documents—may point to Martin Richardson as the more likely author.</span></p>
<p>Material from this document perhaps informed the section "Contemporary Life" found on pp. 18-21 of the manuscript copy of <em>The Florida </em><em>Negro</em> housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585). See <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Contemporary Life" in <em>The Florida Negro</em></a> (pp. 20-21).</p>
Richardson
Viola Muse
Jacksonville Historical Society, Viola Muse Collection, Folder 11, Item 3
The Viola Muse Digital Edition, University of North Florida
1936-1940
Melinda Peacock (document scanning)
Zariah Grant (transcription)
Amelia Dixon (encoding and edition)
Laura Heffernan (edition)
Tru Leverette (edition)
Clayton McCarl (edition)
Made public online with the permission of the Jacksonville Historical Society
<a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/70">James Weldon Johnson</a>
Typed with handwritten additions, three pages
EN
Biographical notes
Historical notes
jhs-195918-11-03
19th Century Florida
20th Century Florida
James Weldon Johnson
African American writers of Jacksonville
Development of Jacksonville
Biographical information on James Weldon Johnson, with a discussion of the significance of <em>Along This Way</em> for the African-American history of Jacksonville
Viola Muse
Jacksonville Historical Society, Viola Muse Collection, Folder 11, Item 2
The Viola Muse Digital Edition, University of North Florida
1936-1940
Melinda Peacock (document scanning)
Zariah Grant (transcription)
Khoranhalai J. Washington (encoding and edition)
Amelia Dixon (encoding and edition)
Laura Heffernan (edition)
Tru Leverette (edition)
Clayton McCarl (edition)
Made public online with the permission of the Jacksonville Historical Society
<a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/71">Thomas Fortune and James Weldon Johnson</a>
Handwritten, three pages
EN
Historical notes
Biographical notes
jhs-195918-11-02
19th Century Florida
20th Century Florida
"References"
African American writers of Jacksonville
<p>Apparently the beginning of an incomplete list of references for the information Muse gathered on literature, analgous to <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Art — References."</a></p>
<p>This page contains only one citation, to <em>Along This Way</em> by James Weldon Johnson, with instructions for completing the reference. The handwriting does not appear to be that of Muse (compare, for instance, to <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Art — References"</a>).</p>
Unknown
Jacksonville Historical Society, Viola Muse Collection, Folder 11, Item 1
The Viola Muse Digital Edition, University of North Florida
1936-1940
Melinda Peacock (document scanning)
Zariah Grant (transcription)
Khoranhalai J. Washington (encoding and edition)
Laura Heffernan (edition)
Tru Leverette (edition)
Clayton McCarl (edition)
Made public online with the permission of the Jacksonville Historical Society
Handwritten, one page
EN
Miscellaneous notes
jhs-195918-11-01
20th Century Florida