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Broadway, New York, NY, c1908.
1908年的百老匯:做為戲劇中心的紐約市上演了許多音樂劇,其中大部分歌曲是由強森兄弟所寫的

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詹姆士‧魏爾頓‧強森 (James Weldon Johnson) 出生於1871617

強森一開始是擔任傑克森威爾一所黑人高中學校的校長。他在1897年得到佛羅里達律師公會許可後,開始執業當律師。在1901年時,他和他的兄弟搬到紐約市,他的兄弟就是作曲家約翰‧羅沙蒙‧強森 (John Rosamond Johnson) ,也是把強森的歌曲「每個人都要開口大聲唱」加入到音樂劇裡的推手。在紐約市時,這兩個兄弟共寫了大約200首歌在百老匯演唱。強森並沒有在紐約市停止找尋新的生活。西奧朵‧羅斯福 (Theodore Roosevelt) 總統在1906年時指派詹姆士‧強森擔任美國駐委內瑞拉的代表。幾年之後,強森擔任了另一項重要的領導工作。


Johnson started his career as principal of a black high school in Jacksonville. He began practicing law in 1897, when he was admitted to the Florida bar. In 1901, he moved to New York City with his brother, composer John Rosamond Johnson, who put "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" to music. There, the two brothers wrote some 200 songs for Broadway productions. Johnson's new days didn't end there. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed James W. Johnson United States consul to Venezuela in 1906. Some years later, Johnson took on another important leadership role.
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