Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it… - James Weldon Johnson

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Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

James Weldon Johnson

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James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was a leading American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University. Later in life he was a Professor of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University.

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Alternative Names: J. W. Johnson

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This Great God,
Like a mammy bending over her baby,
Kneeled down in the dust
Toiling over a lump of clay
Till He shaped it in His own image.

Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty.
Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies;
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."

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