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2. Lift Every Voice and Sing - Wikipedia

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   "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...

3. Watch: Top 12 Black anthem songs - AOL

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   For Black Music Month, also celebrated in June, theGrio crafted a list of the Top 12 Black anthem songs. Some are obvious, like the Black National Anthem or our #1 song, a James Brown classic.

4. The history behind song ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ - AOL

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   "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, will be performed at the Super Bowl for the fourth time in a row, the latest legacy of the traditional song. Andra Day ...

5. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - Wikipedia

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   "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is about succeeding despite having faced previous disadvantages ("so many things that held us down"). It was widely interpreted to be about the experience of the African American community, and after attaining popularity, became referred to as "the new black national anthem" [4] (the original being the 1900 song "Lift Every Voice and Sing").

6. To help heal racial wounds, Black national anthem would ... - AOL

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   To help heal racial wounds, U.S. Rep. James Clyburn pushes to make "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem, America's national hymn.

7. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika - Wikipedia

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   The song was the official anthem for the African National Congress during the apartheid era and was a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. [7] For decades during the apartheid regime it was considered by many to be the unofficial national anthem of South Africa, representing the suffering of the oppressed masses. Because of its connection to ...

8. Vanessa Williams to Sing ‘Black National Anthem’ at Capitol ...

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9. Mungu ibariki Afrika - Wikipedia

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   A circular issued in 1998 by the nation's Commissioner of Education recommended the singing of the national anthem as a way to promote patriotism in Tanzania's youth. [ 10 ] In 2007, a legal issue arose over the anthem, after students who were members of the Jehovah's Witnesses refused to sing the song at their primary and secondary schools in ...