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The Man Behind the Anthem They Forgot You've sung "Lift Every Voice and Sing" thousands of times—the Black national anthem. But do you know James Weldon Johnson? Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1871, Johnson was a Renaissance man who changed history six times over. According to the NAACP and PBS, he wrote the anthem's lyrics in 1900 for 500 schoolchildren at a Lincoln birthday celebration—and those children spread it across the South, making it the hymn that defined a movement. But that's just
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The Man Behind the Anthem They Forgot You've sung "Lift Every Voice and Sing" thousands of times—the Black national anthem. But do you know James Weldon Johnson? Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1871, Johnson was a Renaissance man who changed history six times over. According to the NAACP and PBS, he wrote the anthem's lyrics in 1900 for 500 schoolchildren at a Lincoln birthday celebration—and those children spread it across the South, making it the hymn that defined a movement. But that's just
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He Wrote The Black National Anthem—Then Became A Diplomat James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938): Wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" February 12, 1900, for 500 schoolchildren at Lincoln's birthday celebration, Jacksonville, Florida. Brother J. Rosamond Johnson composed music. Song spread orally across South within 20 years. NAACP adopted as official anthem (1919). But Johnson's achievements multiplied: First Black man admitted to Florida Bar since Reconstruction (1898). President Theodore Roosevelt app
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On the latest episode of Undomesticated hosts Candiace Dillard-Bassett and Michael Arceneaux discuss Ashley Darby not knowing there was “Lift Every Voice” is the Black National Anthem. Source: Undomesticated #realitytv #bravotv #rhop #candiacedillard #ashleydarby
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