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written in1900 by James and John Johnson for a school event. James was the principal of Jacksonville, Florida’s segregated Stanton School, the Johnsons mailed the manuscript to their publisher in New York, requesting mimeographed copies for use by their students. Over the following weeks the brothers taught the Stanton School’s chorus their new “song.” And on February 12, 1900 they gave the first performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing!”

A few months later their publisher printed the work as “The National Negro Hymn.” it spread across the South orally. By 1910 “Lift Every Voice” was generally known around the country. In 1919 the N.A.A.C.P. (of which James Johnson was a founder) adopted it as the organization’s official anthem. It became a rallying cry against the realities of lynching, segregation and discrimination at the time, and later used during the Civil Rights Movement.

Guilty of hijacking your thread.
My apolgies.

I heard Beyoncé did it.

some things need to be lived.

I heard that that story of the Jews being enslaved to build the pyramids was debunked as FAKE NEWS.
As far as the Chinese are concerned, communism is and thrives on slavery.

Guilt wasn't on my mind. Like you, I never owned a human being so do not feel that I personally have committed a crime (or what some would consider a sin) toward another race or religion...if I had been feeling guilty it would require atonement with admission of my personal responsibility...not what I meant.

I was reaching more for understanding, and sometimes it takes having experienced it personally, or being connected to decades, or generations, or centuries of persecution, hearing the stories passed down, understanding one's role in never letting it be forgotten...blah blah blah.

I don't think any of us had to have owned human beings to understand why their descendants value a song that's history was described by drglnc, and yet they are being hopeful while being Americans too.

I think I get it.

I heard the “Black National Anthem” song thing is based on an old poem written in honor of Abe Lincoln's birthday, ya that Lincoln guy who said and did a lot of racist things.

National Anthem is supposed to be the anthem for America.
If we are going to make race anthems, let’s make sure there is an anthem for every race and every combination of races.
Start with black, white, asian, hispanic, native american, pacific islander, until all are represented. Then thinly slice based, religions, sexual preferences, carnivore, vegetarian, vegan, each individual food allergy, lactose and other intolerences, and those that are all tolerant, eating disorders (one for each disorder), another based on those who are fat, short, skinny, tall, average, one for mainly water drinkers and the sub genres of tap water, bottled water, water in metal containers o0-5.9 ounces, another for each six ounce increment up until toxic levels of water, including an anthem for those who drink toxic water, an anthem for people who don’t drink toxic water, one for the people of east palestine ohio, one naturalized palestinian, illegal palestinian, secular, observant, orthodox non orthodox jews, soda, one for each country and sub division of each ethnic group in each country, water drinkers, juice drinkers for all of the fruit juices, nor fruit juices, dehydrated juices, fruit juices which identify as waters, waters that identify as juices and those juices, waters and any other liquid that is ….. trans fluid.

Get to work!

And I STILL don’t think we should bomb Ian. Maybe we mine their harbors.

What is an OTM?

Regardless of our actions or for that matter inaction Iranian sympathizers will do what they plan to do. The day we start basing out strategies on whether or not an attack is launched because we took action for some other action is nothing more than the tail wagging the dog.

We need a published plan that says if you do this we will do that. Our prescribed reactions should be in of itself so catastrophic to the aggressor that it provides a deterrent. If an aggressor initiates an action against us that is described in that plan then we do what we said we would do.

“Anyone who impinges on America's freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb ten. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourists, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that it becomes unthinkable to attack Americans.” ~ John Travolta as Gabriel in Swordfish.

I heard if you don't like the “Black National Anthem”...you ain't black.

So you and Anthony are advocating using terrorism against civilians?

I am not reading all this but I think we need to worry about what is going on here . Forget about everyone else we need to take care of our on. Even though there is a lot of sorry people now days in this world . It is not getting better. Just stop and look around you will see it . Some will see it and some want . Never mind this post just speaking my mind .

you ain't missing anything but a lot of words...

I'll always listen to your thoughts.

good to see ya.

hope when we may do meet it won't be cuz I need ya!
but I know you mean it.

I did. Didn’t change my mind.