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    "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954)...
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  • Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as The Harp, was a plaster sculpture by African-American artist Augusta Savage. It was commissioned for the 1939...
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  • Lift Every Voice and Sing is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach with the J.C. White Singers recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label...
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  • Lift Every Voice may refer to: "Lift Every Voice and Sing", a 1900 song written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother Rosamond...
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    was the younger brother of poet and activist James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing". The two also worked together in...
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    2024, Andra Day performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” on the pregame show of Super Bowl LVIII. This performance was produced and arranged by Adam Blackstone...
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    James Weldon Johnson (category Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development faculty)
    poems and spirituals of Black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem, the music...
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    Takes Two" with Marvin Gaye in 1966, and her later recording of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing". It was the success of "It Takes Two"...
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    have had on music. She created Lift Every Voice and Sing (also known as "The Harp"), inspired by the song by James Weldon and Rosamond Johnson. The 16-foot-tall...
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  • 100 and Concert Choir, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing", and Michelle Williams sang the national anthem. Victory Boyd was originally going to sing the...
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  • and pacing of the performance was, Usher felt very 20 years ago and flat,” compared to the previous two shows and Andra Day's "Lift Every Voice and Sing"...
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    Malone ASL: Anjel Piñero "God Bless America" 2003: Céline Dion "Lift Every Voice and Sing'" 2021: Alicia Keys 2022: Mary Mary 2023: Sheryl Lee Ralph ASL:...
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    Presentation of the Most Valuable Players, occurred every ten years since 1986 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presentation...
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    third of African Americans voted for Republican Richard Nixon. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is often referred to as the Black national anthem in the United...
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  • (Charles Lloyd) – 15:04 "Balm In Gilead" (Charles Lloyd) – 3:06 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Charles Lloyd) – 2:50 "When the Sun Comes Up, Darkness Is Gone"...
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    members as we hear Merry Clayton singing an upbeat version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing". All this time, a woman in a trench coat has been watching from...
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    World's Fair, Lift Every Voice and Sing, which is often described as the Black National Anthem, inspired a called Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as...
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  • bodies in order to make their music. Many African Americans sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in addition to the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled...
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  • Max Roach titled Lift Every Voice and Sing (album) (Ballet 446). Bishop White has appeared on over 40 albums as singer, songwriter and producer. He resides...
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  • Lift Every Voice is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in February 2002 and released on ECM October that same year. The quintet features...
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    Beautiful" "God Bless America" "Hail, Columbia" In God We Trust "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which many consider the Black National Anthem "My Country, 'Tis...
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    Land"; "Stars and Stripes Forever"; "Yankee Doodle"; "God Bless the U.S.A." and "Dixie" (in southern states); "Lift Every Voice and Sing"; and occasionally...
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    and after attaining popularity, became referred to as "the new black national anthem" (the original being the 1900 song "Lift Every Voice and Sing")...
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    population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in...
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  • 2000, two of Taylor's songs, covers of "Stout-Hearted Men" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", were released as part of the outsider music compilation album...
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    songs of the 1900s include "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and "What Are They Doing in Heaven?", which have been featured in 42 and 16 hymnals respectively....
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    throughout the history of Latin poetry and prose. The form saeculorum is impossible in hexameter verse: the ae and o are long, the u short by position....
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    Merry Clayton (category Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans)
    of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for the soundtrack for the Robert Altman film, Brewster McCloud, and also contributed vocals to Donald Cammell and Nicolas...
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    Juneteenth (category African-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movement)
    Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", and reading of works by noted African-American writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Celebrations...
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  • by Jesse Jackson 3:19: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Kim Weston 3:23: Speech and Staple Singers Intro by Melvin Van Peebles and "Heavy Makes You Happy"...
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