James Weldon Johnson Park to get a new look for the first time since 1977 The redesign includes gardens, walking paths and seating. Ariel Schiller, Reporter, Jacksonville .

When Jill and Rufus Jones bought their Great Barrington, Massachusetts getaway home, they weren't as familiar with its past owner, James Weldon Johnson, as they are now.

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of ...

Art in the Park Jax, Northeast Florida’s only Chalk Drawing competition, returns for a fifth year to James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday March 29 from 12noon to 5pm! The theme for 2025 will be ...

From Monday to Friday, James Weldon Johnson Park will host food trucks and local vendors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to commemorate the park's birthday.

Finally, something worth putting your book down for! Authors and readers from around the country will gather at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, January 25th for the JAX Urban Book Festival.

The free event will have activities and entertainment for the whole family at James Weldon Johnson Park. While crawfish is the focus, there will be menu items to appease everyone.

A biography of James Weldon Johnson whose career included music, poetry, and public service. Includes a visualization of his poem The creation, with a reading by Raymond St. Jacques. Johnson, most ...

James Weldon Johnson described the song’s creation in his own words: “A group of young men in Jacksonville, Florida, arranged to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday in 1900.

JSO Sergeant Smith said that at approximately 1 a.m., an off-duty officer was flagged down in reference to the boy being shot. Smith told First Coast News a crowd of people were at the park to ...