"Lift Every Voice and Sing" by J. Rosamond Johnson (arr. Steph Davis)
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing by J. Rosamond Johnson
Arranged and performed by Steph Davis
Audio by Gabriel Muenzer
Video by Daniel Pooley
Program note: Lift Every Voice and Sing, often called The Black National Anthem, was written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.
- NAACP
Arranged and performed by Steph Davis
Audio by Gabriel Muenzer
Video by Daniel Pooley
Program note: Lift Every Voice and Sing, often called The Black National Anthem, was written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.
- NAACP
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