Tag: ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ Hymn Ignites Hope Across Nation

“The fact that this song could survive us going from the back of the bus and the outhouse to the Truman Balcony at the White House, it shows that this song really resonates in our hearts,” Sharpton said. “Very few songs would last through those kinds of changes in Black America. That’s why it’s a great barometer to the cultural shift.”