![]() ![]() ![]() For the journey, his mother, Helen Louise Dillet, packed Johnson’s lunch in a shoebox, as was customary at the time. After graduating from an elite prep school in Jacksonville, Johnson took a train to Atlanta University, where he furthered his studies. The first mention of food comes in Johnson’s nonfiction autobiography. Opie chatted with The Zest about what food can teach us about the life and times of the late James Weldon Johnson. Today the song is regarded as known as the Black National Anthem. Among his best-known works are the novel The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man and the poem “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” for which his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed music. Johnson was a lawyer (the first African-American to pass the Florida bar exam), diplomat, civil rights activist and writer. The Jacksonville native lived from 1871 to 1938. Opie is back to shed light on the role food played in the life of another Harlem Renaissance-era Floridian, James Weldon Johnson. Frederick Douglass Opie about his book Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food. In season 3 of The Zest, we spoke with Dr. ![]()
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