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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’: A Musical Monument to Freedom
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoThe song, first performed in 1900 and known as the black national anthem, is an eloquent, optimistic...
The lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ and James Weldon Johnson on how it came to be
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI wrote the words and he wrote the music. Our New York publisher, Edward […] The post The lyrics to...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Commemorating Juneteenth, community gathers downtown Springfield to highlight history
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" rang out over Founders Park in downtown ...
Six Masterpieces to Celebrate Juneteenth
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoFrom...Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and
'Most remarkable moment': SistaStrings duo plays rare Strads at Library of Congress
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIn an Instagram video posted by the Library of Congress, the Rosses can be heard singing and playing...
Kansas officially observes Juneteenth, the nation's 'second Independence Day' at Capitol
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPeople gathered Monday singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in the Statehouse rotunda as they...
Greason to throw out first pitch at MLB at Rickwood game
Birmingham News· 3 days agoGreason, a longtime pastor in Birmingham, starred for the Birmingham Black Barons from 1948-50 and...
Multimedia: North Fork Juneteenth parade and celebration - Riverhead News Review
The Riverhead News-Review· 2 days agoThe celebration began at Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church on Third Street for a blessing, a sing...
Students raise flag in honor of the national Juneteenth holiday
KPBS San Diego· 2 days agoWith the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" playing, a group of elementary