James Weldon Johnson

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  1. 3. What elementary school did he teach at?
  2. 4. Where did President Theodore Roosevelt send him to be a consul in 1906? (A consul is an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city or country and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.)
  3. 8. Whose birthday did he write "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for?
  4. 10. In what city did he teach creative writing at Fisk University?
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  1. 1. What University did he graduate from in 1894?
  2. 2. What position did he hold in the NAACP for a decade or 10 years?
  3. 5. What did he become after being a teacher?
  4. 6. Who did he move to New York City with to write for musical theater?
  5. 7. In what state was he born?
  6. 9. Who was he heavily influenced by?