![]() Should all Americans know about the significance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing?” Yes. However, the woke left is set on finding ways to further divide Americans along the lines of race by adding a song that’s specifically in honor of a single race. Most Black Americans believe in the symbolism and the words from the National Anthem and, frankly, don’t have a problem with hearing or singing it. Unfortunately, once again, the NFL is attempting to placate the woke left and progressive Democrats by adding “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to the beginning of games after first playing the National Anthem. But, with that being said, it is important for all Americans, regardless of race, to have historical knowledge of the song. However, many other Americans may not have heard the song - and that’s understandable. For many non-Black Americans, particularly those who are active in Christianity, it is a well-known hymn. The song itself is powerful in that it evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom of the Promised Land. His brother, a composer, set the poem to music and the NAACP then coined it the “ Negro National Anthem” in 1919 because of the poem’s powerful affirmation for Black Americans who struggled for liberation through a violent and tragic history. ![]() ![]() The song was written as a poem in 1900 by writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson. Now, the National Football League has decided to follow this tradition by playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which many Black Americans know as the Black National Anthem. There has been a longstanding tradition of playing the National Anthem prior to the opening kickoff at football games. ![]()
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