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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’: A Musical Monument to Freedom
Penned by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), a poet, author and activist affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance, and set to music ... lyrics are surprisingly optimistic: “Lift every voice and ...
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” should be America’s second national anthem. Here’s why | Opinion
The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written ... (1873-1954), wrote and composed the music and ...