Lift Every Voice

Lift Every Voice

“…a new birth of freedom—and that
government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.”
—Gettysburg Address, Pres. Abraham Lincoln

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Where does the saying "Lift Every Voice" come from?

"Lift Every Voice"

Lift ev’ry voice and sing,
till earth and heaven ring,
ring with the harmonies of liberty.
Let our rejoicing rise
high as the list’ning skies,
let it resound loud as the rolling sea…

                                                              —James Weldon Johnson (1900)

Listen to “Lift Every Voice” by Alicia Key

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