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norman who has recently departed is incredibly moving. >> host: you've written a biography. >> guest: of the song. o host: of the.ay we forever stand" is the name of the book. james weldon johnson and [inaudible] >> guest: yes, they are the author and composer. they were brothers who were born in jacksonville, florida, renaissance man and of course, back in the day they were called race men, people who saw every achievement they had as being in service of the race. james weldon johnson became the first secretary-general of the naacp and the first black man admitted to the bar in florida and it's really extraordinary but you know, what is the signature accomplishment about their lives is the composer of the song. >> host: they were first-generation freemen. >> guest: yes, and so, well, their mother's family had been enslaved and was bahamian and their father had been enslaved in virginia but yes, of that generation and that emerge from slavery with all the hopes and dreams and aspirations that were so quickly -- with the end of reconstruction. >> host: what was the reception in 1900 when the song was written? >> g