Black History from Pittsburgh

We know that it is very important for the world to know about our heritage.

EVERY WEEK we will honor and represent our African American heroes. 

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The Week of August 20th, 2006: IN BLACK HISTORY
JOHN ROSAMOND JOHNSON

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John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson, was a composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson, from the United States, is most notable as the composer of Lift Every Voice and Sing which has come to be known in the United States as the "Black National Anthem". His brother, poet James Weldon Johnson, wrote the lyrics of the famous piece.

Johnson was trained at the New England Conservatory and then studied in London. His career began as an interesting public school teacher in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. Traveling to New York, he began his show business career along with his brother and Bob Cole. As a songwriting team, they wrote works such as The Evolution of Ragtime (1903).....read more


REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)

Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother"

Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Vera Downing, Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Irma Woodson,
Russell Woodson, Cayce "Beany" Woodson, Nora Moorehead-Dixon, Irene Moorehead-Battle, James Dixon, Anthony "Torry" Dorsey, Ross "Booper" Thomas, Termain "Butter" Woodson, Dorothy Jean Lee Ransom, Charles Andrew Ransom, John Martin Moorehead, Jr., Donna Ann Davis, Patrice "Trice Ball" Howze

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