Thomas Fortune and James Weldon Johnson
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Biographical information on Thomas Fortune and James Weldon Johnson, with a discussion of "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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, Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives, vol. 3, p. 229). Another individual by that surname mentioned in this collection is Benjamin A. Richardson, the subject of three documents in the collection: Benjamin A. Richardson (1 of 3), Benjamin A. Richardson (2 of 3), and Benjamin A. Richardson (3 of 3). 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.
Material from this document perhaps informed the section "Contemporary Life" found on pp. 18-21 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585). See "Contemporary Life" in The Florida Negro (pp. 20-21).