Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1149 West 13th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209 The Stanton School (now Stanton College Prep). When: February 1900 What: As part of a celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday by 500 school children, the school’s principal, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words to introduce its honored guest, Booker T. Washington. […]

On February 12, 1900, 500 school children gathered at a segregated Stanton School, the principal at the time-James Weldon Johnson wrote a poem to welcome the guest speaker Booker T. Washington.