Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.
-- James Weldon Johnson
   
James Weldon Johnson   Name:
James Weldon Johnson
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
American
Birth:
June 17, 1871
Death:
June 26, 1938
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