![]() ![]() Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, The song is sung at church, school graduations, political protests, and family reunions. Many performers have covered the song including Beyoncé, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder. During the 2020 NFL opening week, the song was performed before every game. Director Spike Lee included the song in his movie Do the Right Thing. The song was considered the Black National Anthem about 10 years before the “Star-Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem for the United States in 1931.Īuthor Imani Perry wrote a book about the song called May Forever We Stand. In 1919, the NAACP made it their official song. He was the first Black man in Duval County, Florida, to try to gain admission to the state bar. He was the first African American person admitted to the Florida Bar Exam since the Reconstruction era ended. One special tie to us as NALA members and paralegals is that James Weldon Johnson was an attorney in Jacksonville, Florida. The brothers collaborated on many other songs over the years. Rosamond Johnson, wrote the music, and it was sung as part of the celebration for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was originally written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson in 1899. I was curious, so I Googled it and discovered that the Black National Anthem is “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” I had no idea what she was talking about (which was the point she was making in her tweet). ![]() I follow Ashley Nicole Black on Twitter and she recently made a reference to the Black National Anthem.
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