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'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

NPR
Published February 3, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

David Person reports on the origins of the song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing". Written in 1900, the song is now called the Black National Anthem. This story is part of the ongoing series, Present at the Creation.

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