The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written ... (1873-1954), wrote and composed the music and arrangements for the lyrics. American history tells us that ...

"More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics ... the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson ... Johnson's brother composed the music for the hymn, which was initially written as a poem.