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Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the...

celebration for freedom. now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. in 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its breaking point over slavery and statehood, and the civil war began. on january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of the civil war, president abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves ...

Get up on our feet together, yall. come on, lets make this thing real. make it real with us. come on. ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ ♪ til earth and heaven ring ♪ let it ring. ♪ ring with the harmonies of liberty ♪ ♪ let our rejoicing rise ♪ ♪ high as the listening skies ♪ >> come on. let me hear you, family. come on. ♪ let it resound loud as the rolling sea ♪ >> loud as the rolling sea. come on. i want everybody to do it for me here. if you remember this, come on. ♪ sin...

INSPIRATION FOR SUBMISSION: What inspires me to sing is that I love it and I love to put smiles on people’s faces. For me it’s important that people learn the history and struggles of Black people. I chose this song because I feel like it reaches out to Black people and it encourages them to raise their voices and to not let ourselves be treated in such an inhuman way with all of the injustices, police brutalities and discrimination. We all want to be accepted and treated equally and to be...

USA TODAY WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., wants a song about faith and resilience long revered in the Black community to become the national hymn and help unite the country after centuries of racial turmoil. Clyburn, the House majority whip, plans to introduce a measure as early as this week that would make “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, the national hymn and give it a special place alongside the country’s anthem, "The Star-Spangled Ban...