Written originally for Lincoln, 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' now revered as Black National Anthem

The Quick Take
In 34 lines, James Weldon Johnson told of the pain, anguish, frustration, faith and hope that former slaves and their descendants experienced in a land and country they were forced to call home ...
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