Philip CardellaOn February 12, 1900, the "Black National Anthem" was performed for the first time publicly for Booker T. Washington in Jacksonville, Florida. Written by James Weldon Johnson, the principal of the school Washington was visiting, the performance was in honor of Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. (Source: This Day in Florida History, page 27).
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