For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ...
From its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... (1871-1938), a poet, author and ...
Jacksonville will commemorate the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1900 with an upcoming week-long festival schedule for February.