"Lift Every Voice and Sing" — The Story Behind Music's Most Important Anthem of Freedom

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Written in 1900 as a Lincoln birthday poem, performed first by 500 schoolchildren in Florida, and sung at Super Bowls and Congress — the 125-year journey of America's Black National Anthem.

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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" — The Story Behind Music's Most Important Anthem of Freedom

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