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Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In fully glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution!
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust':
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' – often referred to as the 'Negro national hymn' – is a song written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) in 1900 and set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) in 1905.[1]
History[edit]
'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthdayby Johnson's brother John. In 1919, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dubbed it 'the Negro national hymn'[2] for its power in voicing a cry for liberation and affirmation for African-American people.[1]
In 1939, Augusta Savage received a commission from the New York World's Fair and created a 16-foot (5 m) plaster sculpture called Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing which was destroyed by bulldozers at the close of the fair.[3]
In Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the song is sung by the audience and students at Maya's eighth grade graduation, after a white school official dashes the educational aspirations of her class.[4]
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In 1990, singer Melba Moore released a modern rendition of the song, which she recorded along with others including R&B artists Stephanie Mills, Freddie Jackson, Anita Baker, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Brown, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, and Howard Hewett; and gospel artists BeBe & CeCe Winans, Take 6, and The Clark Sisters, after which, 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' was entered into the Congressional Record by Del. Walter Fauntroy (D-DC).[5]
In 2008, jazz singer Rene Marie was asked to perform the national anthem at a civic event in Denver, Colorado, where she caused a controversy by substituting the words of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' into the song. This arrangement of the words of 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' with the melody of 'The Star Spangled Banner' became part of the titular suite on her 2011 CD release, The Voice of My Beautiful Country.[6]
On January 20, 2009, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, who was formerly president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, used a near-verbatim recitation of the song's third stanza to begin his benediction at the inauguration ceremony for PresidentBarack Obama.
On September 24, 2016, this song was sung by mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and chorus at the conclusion of the opening ceremonies of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, at which Obama delivered the keynote address.
On October 19, 2017, when white nationalist leader Richard Spencer spoke at the University of Florida, the university's carillon played 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' to convey a message of unity.[7]
On April 14, 2018, Beyoncé included the song in the set list of her concert at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
References[edit]
- ^ abJames, Timothy (Winter 2013). 'The Story of the Black National Anthem, 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing', Written by James Weldon Johnson'(PDF). Selah. 1 (1). Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^Touré (November 17, 2011). 'Society It's Time for a New Black National Anthem'. Time Magazine. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^Bearden, Romare and Henderson, Harry. A History of African-American Artists (From 1792 to the Present), pp. 168–180, Pantheon Books (Random House), 1993, ISBN0-394-57016-2
- ^Angelou, Maya (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House. pp. 169–184. ISBN0-375-50789-2.
- ^Anderson, Susan Heller. 'Chronicle', The New York Times, April 18, 1990. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^Pellegrinelli, Lara (July 3, 2009). 'Poetic License Raises a Star-Spangled Debate'. All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^Diaz, Andrea; Chavez, Nicole (October 20, 2017), College's bell tower trolled white supremacist with black national anthem, CNN, retrieved 2017-10-20
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External links[edit]
- Free scores by J. Rosamond Johnson at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)—including 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'
- Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Celebration of the Negro National Anthem at the Wayback Machine (archived March 1, 2009), edited by Julian Bond and Sondra Kathryn Wilson
- NPR's Performance Today page on Black History Month 2003—includes a link to a RealPlayer version of the song
- 'Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet, transcript of Rev. Lowery's Inauguration Benediction
- Video of singing 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' on YouTube led by Alice Walker and Dr. Rudolph Byrd at Emory University