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2024-04-07 17:08:39 UTC - HELPFUL
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The NAACP didn’t steal anything from James Weldon Johnson. In fact, James Weldon Johnson was a field secretary for the NAACP in 1919 when the NAACP dubbed the song as the negro anthem, and later became Executive Secretary in 1920, the top position. https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/james-weldon-johnson#:~:text=Johnson%20left%20the%20diplomatic%20world,new%20branches%20and%20expand%20membership.
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