“Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing”
Later Career: J. Rosamond Johnson
John Rosamond Johnson at Piano
John Rosamond Johnson continued his career as a composer and performer, and became an actor on Broadway.
John Rosamond Johnson
J. Rosamond Johnson
J. Rosamond Johnson also founded the New York Music School Settlement for Colored People in Harlem, New York, and edited two books of spirituals.
J. Rosamond Johnson on stage.
He performed lead roles in Porgy and Bess as well as Cabin in the Sky.
Nora E. Floyd Johnson
J. Rosamond Johnson married Nora E. Floyd and together they had a daughter named Mildred Johnson.
