The first page of sheet music for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson.
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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ unofficial Black national anthem, celebrates 125 years
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They sang it in church, learned it in school and stood for what is dubbed the unofficial Black national anthem just like they might for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
