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| Aspirations Aaron Douglas Illustrator for God's Trombones |
Lift Every Voice and Sing performed by Stanford Talisman Alumni Virtual Choir
Historical Notes from Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal
"This stirring hymn, the official song of the NAACP, is widely known as the 'Black National Anthem.' It was written by James Weldon Johnson, National Secretary of the NAACP for 14 years. Earlier he had been US Consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua. He was best known as an African-American poet, writer of God's Trombones, a collections of sermons in verse. The tune was written by his younger brother J. Rosamond Johnson."
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