Worksheets🟪Quizizz | Lift Every Voice and Sing🎙️🎇
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who composed the poem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing'?
Bob Cole
John Rosamond Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
Maya Angelou
Who set the poem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' to music?
James Weldon Johnson
John Rosamond Johnson
Bob Cole
Maya Angelou
In which year was 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' first sung?
1899
1911
1920
1900
Which event inspired the vocalist Melba Moore to film an all-star music video featuring 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing'?
The Civil Rights Movement
Nelson Mandela's release from a South African prison
The Jazz Age
World War II
In which year did the carillon at the University of Florida ring out the melody of 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' in protest against the appearance of a white supremacist speaker on campus?
2018
2019
2017
2016
What is the title of the song that was sung by mostly black classmates at an Oakland middle school in defiance of discriminatory actions taken by white school officials?
America the Beautiful
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Pledge of Allegiance
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
Who was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to diplomatic posts in Venezuela and Nicaragua?
John Rosamond Johnson
Burton Peretti
James Weldon Johnson
Bob Cole
In which city did the Johnson brothers relocate to in 1901?
Jacksonville
New York City
Boston
London
What was the informal designation given to 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' in 1920?
The National Anthem
The Negro National Anthem
The Patriotic Anthem
The Civil Rights Anthem
Who was the general secretary of the New York NAACP and became an outspoken figure for civil rights and against lynching?
James Weldon Johnson
Maya Angelou
John Rosamond Johnson
Bob Cole
Who was honored by his colleagues in 1920 by proclaiming 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' to be 'the Negro national anthem'?
James Weldon Johnson
Maya Angelou
Bob Cole
John Rosamond Johnson
