Lift Every Voice and Sing

Who wrote the words to Lift Every Voice and Sing

• John Clark

• Francis Scott Key

• James Weldon Johnson

• Carter G. Woodson

Who Composed the Music for Lift Every Voice and Sing?

• Prince

• John Rosamond Johnson

• Dr. Dre

• Frederick Douglass

What phrase is next? Lift Every Voice and Sing,

• till there is life and streams

• till you are still marching

• facing the sky with bling

• till earth and heaven ring

What phrase is next? Facing the rising sun,

• and we have just begun

• the day has just begun

• of our new day begun

• we must all rise as one

What phrase is next? Sing a song,

• full of the force that the power has given

• full of the faith that the dark past has taught us

• full of the power our people have brought us

• full of the darkness and pain you have brought us

What phrase is next? Ring with the harmonies

• of unity

• of quality

• of jubilee

• of liberty

What phrase is next? Let our rejoicing rise,

• high as the glistening skies

• high as the listening skies

• high above the big skies

• high as the shining skies

What phrase is next? Let us march on,

• till we become as one

• till victory is won

• till we all get it done

• till we all live as one

What phrase is next? Sing a song,

• full of the hope that the present has brought us

• full of the hope that present has taught us

• full of the hope that darkness has taught us

• full of the faith that the present day taught us

Who is Father of African American History Month

• Abraham Lincoln

• Carter G. Woodson

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X