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What was the occasion for which Lift Every Voice and Sing was set to its familiar tune?

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What was the occasion for which Lift Every Voice and Sing was set to its familiar tune?

James Weldon Johnson wrote the lyrics for “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sang” – the song known as the Black National Anthem in the United States – in 1900. His brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, set those lyrics to music for the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1905._x000D_

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing News Fact

_x000D_Vanessa Williams performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” for PBS’s holiday broadcast Capitol Fourth celebration on Sunday, July 4, 2021 – Which incited conservative critics, saying the move was divisive and un-American. Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing was also performed on the nationally broadcasted Macy’s New York July 4th, 2021 fireworks show.

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