If these walls could talk …
That expression came to mind the other day while standing outside J.P. Small Park, the baseball stadium at the corner of 8th Street and Myrtle Avenue in Durkeeville.
If walls could talk, which ones in Jacksonville would you want to hear speak?
It’s tempting to say the walls of the Florida Theatre, with all their stories of Elvis and others who’ve passed through. Or maybe some of the crumbling walls of ruins in the Timucuan Preserve, with stories of the people who lived there. Or perhaps the restored walls of the old St. James Building, now City Hall. (I imagine the feds investigating the JEA saga would appreciate it if those walls could talk.)
<p>Historian Lloyd Washington has worked to raise awareness among younger African Americans of the 1919 song that has served as the official song of the NAACP and the unofficial "Black National Anthem," and credits Beyonce for a performance that introduced the BLM generation to the song. </p>
Rep. James Clyburn Proposes To Make Lift Ev ry Voice and Sing The National Hymn
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Rep. James Clyburn has filed a bill in Congress that would make Lift Ev ry Voice And Sing the U.S. national hymn.
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For more than 100 years Lift Ev ry Voice and Sing has been known as the Black national anthem. Rep. James Clyburn says it s time for it to be honored as the national hymn, and on Jan. 13, he filed a bill to try to make that official.
Clyburn told
USA Today that making it a national hymn would help unite Americans.