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James Weldon Johnson

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A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader

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1	The Creation
2	Listen Lord: A Prayer
3	Go Down Death
4	Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Go Down Death

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Listen Lord: A Prayer

The Creation

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Quote Left If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.
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Quote Left Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Quote Left The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
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Quote Left The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it is the shades of privacy.
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Quote Left Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
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