Posts Tagged ‘Star Spangled Banner’
Lift Every Voice and Sing The Star Spangled Banner
Lift Every Voice and Sing, 1939. Augusta Savage Since that 2008 incident with Jazz singer, Rene Marie, in which she shocked some Denver residents by singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” when she was expected to sing the “Star Spangled [Read More]
Tommie Smith Olympic Games Fists of Freedom gold medal for sale
Tommie Smith is aucting his Olympic Games Fists of Freedom gold medalTommie Smith, 66 year-old, remembered as the Black or African American gold medalist that raised his fist as the Star Spangled Banner echoed in the wind, at the Mexico City Summer Olympic Games in the [Read More]
Rene Marie replaces Star Spangled Banner with Black Anthem
Jazz singer, Rene Marie, shocked some Denver residents by singing “Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing” also known as "The Black National Anthem" by James Weldon Johnson instead of the “Star Spangled Banner.” Ms. Marie was invited by Denver's [Read More]
