today in black history

June 17, 2026

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

Jeri Williams from San Diego, California

POSTED: January 20, 2009, 2:41 am

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San Diegan says the path to change is within ourselves.

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