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Composer and educator James Weldon Johnson, who wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Steve Bradford from Gardina, California

POSTED: January 20, 2009, 1:40 am

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California resident shares his thoughts on the Obama presidency.

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