Who is James Monroe Johnson, poet of Mississippi?

Question

He's authored at least 3 books, two on poetry and one on Black American history

Answer 1

Are you sure you don't mean James Weldon Johnson? He's not from Mississippi, but Florida. See Link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson

*edit* I found a wepage listing James Monroe Johnson's commendation for his poem " I am a Mississippian"
see link