The song was “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” For us ... they were calling it “an anthem for the Negro people.” (Sheet music for the song was imprinted with the subtitle “Negro National ...

James Weldon Johnson wrote the words as a poem, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music. The NAACP declared “Lift Every Voice and Sing” its national song in 1919, Perry wrote ...

Andra Day has moved Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium and millions of viewers around the world with a touching rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at ... Johnson with music by his brother ...

Star Spangled Music Foundation The air inside the ... If anyone in the house has never heard “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—affectionately referred to as “the Black National Anthem ...

These variations are inspired by the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” written by John Rosamund Johnson with ... and then there is a pattern in the right hand that sounds like French impressionist ...

By Hannah Dailey Andra Day has officially added herself to a historic line of annual pre-Super Bowl performances by singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... matters in the music industry ...