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Born
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First publish
Songs of Jamaca went on the market when he was just 20 years old -
Attends Taskegee
Traveled to US to go to school in Alabama -
Studied Agriculture
Kansas State was more interesting to him -
Harlem Dancer and Invocation
Began writing about political concerns -
Harlem Shadows
Amoung first book published during Harlem Renassance -
Period: to
Visits Soviet Union
Developed an interest in communism -
Home to Harlem
Most famous novel; won the Harmen Gold Award for Liturature -
• Harmon Foundation Award for distinguished literary achievement, NAACP
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Moves to Harlem
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James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild Award
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Died of Heart Failure
