"Lift Every Voice and Sing"

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Did you know "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written as a poem before it was adapted as a song? It was performed over 100 years ago as a celebration of President Lincoln's Birthday , on February 12, 1900.
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