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Feb. 12, 1900: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Was First Publicly Performed - Zinn Education Project
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lift-every-voice-and-sing/
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“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first publicly performed by 500 school children in Jacksonville, Florida. Later, the NAACP adopted the song as the Black National Anthem. The lyrics spoke out against racism and Jim Crow laws.
