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Alamitos Beach, Photo by James Weldon, Summer 2018
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Alamitos Beach, Photo by James Weldon, Summer 2018
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like Rivers - Black Poets Read their work
2 x CD, Compilation, 2000
We thought #Juneteenth was a good time to share this stunning performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” performed on the Library’s Stradivarius instruments by @sistastrings when they visited the Library earlier this year. “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as “The Black National Anthem,” was written and composed by brothers James Weldon and John Rosamond Johnson in 1900. According to the NAACP, at “the turn of the 20th century, Johnson’s lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans.” It was later adopted by the NAACP, and used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Psalm 116:15-19. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. O LORD, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thine handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all His people, In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the…
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June 17, 2015 Today In History ‘James Weldon Johnson, co-composer of the “Black National Anthem” and the first Black person admitted to the Florida Bar, was born in Jacksonville, FL, on this date June 17, 1871.’ (photo: James Weldon Johnson) - CARTER Magazine
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“In the life of everyone there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life." - The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - James Weldon
That's the logic behind trauma. You experience something so horrendous, you can't even process it in the moment. So it has to resurge… and replay.. and replay..