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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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Quote Left It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. Quote Right
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Quote Left Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity. Quote Right
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Quote Left Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom. Quote Right
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Quote Left To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow. Quote Right
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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. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things