Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations

Kelly Starling Lyons

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Country
United States
Published
6 September 2022
Pages
32
ISBN
9780593530580

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations

Kelly Starling Lyons

In Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their children who sang it to their children and grandchildren. Known as the Black National Anthem, it has been sung during major moments of the Civil Rights Movement and at family gatherings and college graduations.

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