Two years ago, Alicia Keys became the first to perform "Lift ... clip. Last year, Mary Mary sang the anthem from outside the stadium. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a hymn written as a poem by ... His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton ...