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Lift Every Voice and Sing
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn written by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). After graduating from Atlanta University in 1894, James Weldon Johnson returned to his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, as principal of Stanton High School, the first public high school for African Americans in the state.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lift Every Voice and Sing. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lift-every-voice-and-sing
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- “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lift-every-voice-and-sing. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lift-every-voice-and-sing.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lift-every-voice-and-sing (Accessed: ).
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