James Weldon Johnson Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 31 quotes by James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first black to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that... Read full biography of James Weldon Johnson → 1 2 3 Ctrl → You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun. 0 The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last... → 0 Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. 0 Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God. 0 It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than... → 0 But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in... → 0 Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar... → 0 She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves. 0 The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a... → 0 The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect... → 0 As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. 0 I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle. 0 My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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31 quotes by James Weldon Johnson