Bro. John Rosamond Johnson

On December 13, 1900, Bro. John Rosamund Johnson composed the music to accompany his brother’s lyrics to for “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Bro. Johnson was a Boston man, having received formal musical training at the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1901, The Johnson Brothers moved to New York where they composed hundreds of musical scores for broadway. Brother J. Rosamund Johnson would usher in an era of Sigma Men that would be pivotal to the growth of Drama and Theater within the Black Community.