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(LITERATURE AND POETRY.) JOHNSON, ROSAMUND AND JAMES WELDON JOHNSON. Lift Every Voice (supplied title). Small group of material relative to the Johnson Brothers: The 1900 printing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a small mounted photograph of Rosamund, three 8 x 10 Carl Van Vechten gelatin silver print photographs of a bust of James Weldon Johnson, by Richmond Barthe, real photo post card of James Weldon Johnson, with a note in pencil "dressing room, a real photo post card of Carl Van Vechten, addressed to Rosamund Johnson, seven 8 x 10 gelatin silver print photographs of Rosamund Johnson's daughter by Carl Van Vechten, a portfolio of works by Richmond Barthe, plus a photo of a schoolroom with Johnson's daughter holding a globe, by Lewis Hine. Vp, 1930's-1940's
James Welson and Rosamund Johnson were the team that created what is generally acknowledged to be the African American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Carl Van Vechten was a wealthy white photographer and author who attached himself to the artists and literati of the so-called Harlem Renaissance. His catalogue includes photographs of just about everyone of note from the period.
