‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the unofficial Black national anthem, celebrates 125 years

On Juneteenth, the 125th Anniversary of a Historic Hymn: 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

Juneteenth has now been a federal holiday for 5 years, commemorating the Emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

The lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ and James Weldon Johnson on how it came to be • Minnesota Reformer

Sheryl Lee Ralph performs Lift Every Voice and Sing prior to Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images.Reprinted from Poetry Foundation.  A group of young men in Jacksonville, Florida, arranged to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. My brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and I decided to write a song to be sung at the exercises. I wrote the words and he wrote the music. Our New York publisher, Edward B…

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the unofficial Black national anthem, celebrates 125 years

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III.

'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the Unofficial Black National Anthem, Celebrates 125 Years

‘It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III. The post ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ the Unofficial Black National Anthem, Celebrates 125 Years appeared first on Word&Way.