Talk:Lift Every Voice and Sing

Besides the release in the 1990s, wasn't there another version of Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing done (in the Jazz/Blues genre) sometime prior to the mid-1980s?12.135.134.146 00:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Added Rene Marie controverry, could probably use filling out.69.209.134.200 (talk) 14:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Listen to her, starting at 14 minutes in. . That's not "the tune of the American national anthem" at all. Not even close. And whatever tune she was trying to perform, she missed THAT one too. Kar98 (talk) 23:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The article has a fairly glaring inconsistency that needs to be corrected. Two dates are given for the music. The introduction gives 1900. The history section gives 1905. The quotes at this web site may be helpful http://www.graceandjamesweldonjohnson.org/lift-every-voice/  I do not feel qualified to do the edit myself. 7802mark (talk) 18:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Regardless of how you feel about black people being human beings, there should be a link to a proper solid performance of this anthem somewhere in the article about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.230.222 (talk) 00:02, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Political correctness?
Since every source linked from here refers to this song as the "Negro national anthem" (or hymn) is there any reason not to use "negro" in this article? &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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NYT story
This is a good story that could go in somewhere.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/sports/ncaafootball/anthem-protests-howard-.html Howard Cheerleaders Add Voices to the Anthem Debate by Taking a Knee By MARC TRACY New York Times OCT. 13, 2017 --Nbauman (talk) 17:07, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

"I rebuke the contributor who edited & updated its historical purpose to fit the new age propaganda narrative."
"This song has nothing to do with the Black Lives Matter organization. I rebuke the contributor who edited & updated its historical purpose to fit the new age propaganda narrative. This piece continues to be a powerful, spiritually uplifting poem about unity, celebration, positivity & victory after overcoming the often overwhelming difficulties in the struggle for freedom & liberty. Though it has spread to offer inspiration for all people, it’s original introduction into society was created to uplift those commonly known as black or Negro in America."

The section header and quoted content above are not mine, and were inserted in this article by another contributor. I am fairly certain that inserting editorial comments in the middle of a Wikipedia article violates multiple Wikipedia policies. Is anyone monitoring the content of this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:7901:1C5C:643B:6DC8:9182:A770 (talk) 14:35, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That paragraph has been removed, thank you for noticing. You can edit articles as well, either to improve or clean up the prose.-- ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  15:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Music in History Intersectionality and Music
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"Lest" in 3rd verse
"Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;"

In the 1949 reprint there is a comma after "hearts". After the second "Lest" seems to make better grammatical sense (Lest…we), though it's hard to bring off because of the musical parallelism in "our feet" & "our hearts". Are there other sources/practices to shed light on this? Sparafucil (talk) 17:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * To answer myself, historical recordings at LoC tend to be first verse only, but one can find Ray Charles' backup group breathing after "hearts" as well as Denyce Graves soldiering on at the National Museum of African American History and Culture inauguration. The New Century Hymnal omits "we"; This Far by Faith has amended the punctuation as I suggested, though. Sparafucil (talk) 20:50, 12 June 2024 (UTC)