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Right song, wrong place: 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' makes the news.
'LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING" is one of the best songs in the entire American treasury. It is part gospel song, part traditional hymn, and part anthem. It was written in 1900--and became known as the "Negro national hymn," or the "Negro national anthem." Today, of course, people refer to it as the "black national anthem," or possibly the "African-American national anthem." The last person to say "Negro" was Thurgood Marshall, who did it till the day he died, in 1993.
In any case, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" managed to make national news in early July. Here's what happened.
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