The history of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

[@robertkaminski9315]

i LOVE this song and it is very BEAUTIFUL...
We should all learn it and sing it.

[@cheekscheeks5840]

All the 70's babies stand up we know and appreciate what this song had done in our lives.

[@lisahampton7750]

I’ve been blessed to have been singing this song since 1st grade!!!! Bethel Elementary SDA School in Brooklyn NY, first Black parochial school in the borough!!!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@gloriacotton421]

Always powerful. Relevant.

[@tinahudson9146]

My grandmother use to sing this song to me, after she passed my mother and aunties carried the torch. I adore this song. ❤ 🇺🇸

[@cmebans35]

Powerful song
Amazing American History
November 21, 2024

[@cindyrsdu5555]

I had no idea this was our Black Anthem This is so beautiful. What others don’t know and don’t understand we come in all shades, I’m mixed race. God Bless us all, and what my mom use to tell us, you have mix races, but if you remove the skin and hair from every human we all will look the same inside, you couldn’t tell one race from another, we all belong to God, and we all are human.

[@BJBondhus]

This song is so beautiful. I first heard of it about 2005. James Weldon Johnson had also been given a position in the U.S. State Department under Teddy Roosevelt but sometime later Woodrow Wilson re-segregated the US government.

[@jojosaylor8996]

A national hymn 😍

[@isisbeck2374]

I love this song

[@crazycountryboy8941]

I'll always take a knee during this song

[@Skyesoceaneyes]

So beautiful!! The history is awesome. I'm glad that it is a song for all of America. Here's another nice rendition: ua-cam.com/video/iUdkKNKx4DA/v-deo.html

[@roslynclay2892]

sing Jaynee - Mrs. Clay is watching

[@MenelikAME]

👍🏿☝🏿✊🏿✌🏿🙏🏿👏🏾

[@rochellewarren5008]

💜

[@Jerry-s9x]

MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL!!!! CAN'T BE OVER LOOKED???? IT WILL NOT BE OVER LOOKED NEVER EVER!!!!

[@lynndavist]

Yes