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Draft:James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild

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The James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild was an organization supporting African American literary arts. It awarded prizes. Roberts Bosley Hubert founded the group.[1] It was led by women civic leaders and supported literscy programs.[2]

Jacob Lawrence talked about the organization and its influence on him in an interview.[3] The group aponsored his firdt one-man art show in 1939.[4] It also gave an award to Claude McKay.

Yale University has a collection of James Weldon Johnson's correspondence with the group from 1932 to 1938.[5]

References

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  1. ^ https://dp.la/item/9b207e5391ca2b5be61d64dbf0bc4d09
  2. ^ Morrissette, Noelle (May 2013). James Weldon Johnson's Modern Soundscapes. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9781609381585.
  3. ^ Lawrence, Jacob; Nicholas, Xavier (2013). "Interview with Jacob Lawrence". Callaloo. 36 (2): 260–267. doi:10.1353/cal.2013.0087. JSTOR 24264907. S2CID 162209761.
  4. ^ Courtl; Milloy (1978-05-13). "Capturing the Builder". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  5. ^ "Collection: James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers | Archives at Yale".
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