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 ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been sung by Mormons, Southern white folks and congregations around the world, appearing in more than 30 church hymnals. Rabbi Stephen Wise of the Free ...

You can catch it — for free — at 3 ... who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key ...