Draft:James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild

The James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild was an organization supporting African American literary arts. It awarded prizes. Roberts Bosley Hubert founded the group. It was led by women civic leaders and supported literscy programs.

Jacob Lawrence talked about the organization and its influence on him in an interview. The group aponsored his firdt one-man art show in 1939. It also gave an award to Claude McKay.

Yale University has a collection of James Weldon Johnson's correspondence with the group from 1932 to 1938.