‘Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Lyrics from the song were also incorporated into Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration ceremony by the Reverend Joseph Lowery, and in 2018 Beyoncé sang the hymn during her ...

find the lyrics below: Lift every voice and sing ‘Til Earth and Heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies ...

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," often referred to as the Black national ... "For me, it's worship," Day told Apple Music ahead of her performance, calling the song a hymn. Read on for its origin ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a hymn written as a poem ... His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton ...

"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.