Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School performs

Written By Jill Jones

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING

By James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson

February 2022

Queens, New York

Performed by; High School Students

Recording by: Rufus Jones, President, James Weldon Johnson Foundation

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

Jill Jones
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