Lift Every Voice and Sing - Lordina The Soprano

"Lift Every Voice and Sing", often referred to as "The Black National Anthem,"  was a hymn written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal,  first performed the song in public in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans. Set against the religious invocation of God and the promise of freedom, and prominently used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s

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Produced by: Selasie Billy (innermuzikprod)
Orchestration: Kwame Appiah-Kubi Jnr. -   / @kwameappiahjnr.1533  
Trumpet: Timothy Nyanteh

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