- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) | Johnson's Life and Career--by Herman Beavers | On The Creation and God's Trombones | On O Black and Unknown Bards | On The White Witch | Johnson's 1922 Preface to The Book of American Negro Poetry | Excerpts from Johnson's Preface to the 1931 Edition of The Book of American Negro Poetry | A James Weldon Johnson Exhibit | Additional Poems by Johnson | ...www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/johnson/johnson.htm