Suggesting “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as a national pacifier is a bad look for South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, taking his role as elder Black spokesperson a bit too far.
Oakland, CA – Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area arts collective SambaFunk! has mastered a new version of the classic “Lift Every Voice & Sing” to coincide with Black History Month in February. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” often referred to as the “Black National Anthem“, was originally written as a poem in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson to be recited […]