Frank Sinatra School of the Arts

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School performs LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson

February 2022

Queens, New York

Recording by Rufus Jones - President, James Weldon Johnson Foundation

Performed by High School Students

In 1900, nearly 125 years ago, 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville Florida performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” for the first time.

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