“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.

James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson at piano circa 1937.

The brothers always enjoyed getting together and sharing their love of music.