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

Shut Down The Monkey Business

POSTED: February 19, 2009, 10:51 pm

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Outraged citizens call for an end to racism at the New York Post

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