SCHOOL VISIT - Sing A Song: 'How Lift Every Voice & Sing' Inspired Generations
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Note: Starling Lyon's appearance is a school-visit only. Presented in partnership with Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison Youth Choirs, Madison Reading Project, Wisconsin Arts Board, and Madison Arts Commission. In Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their childre
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- Kelly Starling LyonsAuthor
- Starling LyonAuthor
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201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703
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