On June 17, 1950, the park now known as James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville, Florida, was rededicated in honor of the civil rights leader, writer, and composer James Weldon Johnson. A Jacksonville native, Johnson co-wrote \”Lift Every Voice and Sing,\” known as the Black national anthem, and was a key figure in the NAACP. The park had once been a site of racial exclusion, but its renaming marked an important step in local efforts to recognize Black contributions to American life and culture.
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