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Arts & Entertainment

Simon’s Rock exhibit helps advance legacy of James Weldon Johnson, writer and civil rights activist

The work of five artists, on display at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, honor the memory of James Weldon Johnson, American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, song writer, civil rights activist who established his reputation as a writer during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.

by Karrie Allen
Posted on March 6, 2018
News

Simon’s Rock partners with James Weldon Johnson Foundation to honor local Harlem Renaissance writer

“A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final measure of the greatness of all peoples is the amount and standard of the literature and art they have produced.”

— James Weldon Johnson

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on June 26, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Simon’s Rock gospel concert; Reese Erlich at Stockbridge Library; animal tracking workshops; Williams planetarium schedule; Documentary Filmmakers Series

Based on numerous reporting trips, Reese Erlich will discuss the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of U.S. policy.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on January 31, 2017
News

Jazz star Craig Harris’ trombone band at MMHRS to honor African-American poet, civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson

NAACP leader and author James Weldon Johnson wrote “God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse,” in a little cabin off Alford Road on the Alford Brook and at the Mason Library.

by Heather Bellow
Posted on December 19, 2016
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Celebration marks progress in advancing the legacy of Harlem Renaissance founder James Weldon Johnson

Johnson wrote lyrics to 200 popular songs, including the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” while he was, in addition, a lawyer, diplomat and early civil rights leader. He wrote many of his songs in a writing cabin on Alford Road in Great Barrington.

by Heather Bellow
Posted on July 12, 2016
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