“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 ...

"More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics excerpted as ... and aspirations for our country." "Lift Every Voice and Sing," sometimes printed as "Lift Ev'ry Voice and ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...