A New Century a
New Beginning
African Americans in the 1900’s
A Fresh Start
There are moments in
our lives when we feel
that a NEW START
causes us to feel like
our lives will change
for the better and we
will make necessary
improvements.
New Starts
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New school year/ semester
New relationship
New school
New home
New team/group
Graduation
1900’s = HOPE
When the 1900’s
began African
Americans had
HOPE for a better
life in the country
they helped to
build.
SLAVERY was ABOLISHED in 1865
NEW LEADERS EMERGED
ACHIEVEMENTS WERE MADE
INTELLIGENCE WAS SHOWN
INVENTIONS WERE MADE
IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
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Principal
Invited Booker T
Washington to come
speak to his school
Wrote a poem that
reflected the joys and
pains of blacks in
America.
JOHN ROSAMAND JOHNSON
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MUSICIAN
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PUT THE MUSICAL
ARRANGEMENT TO
THE WORDS HIS
BROTHER WROTE.
The Johnson Brothers
LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING
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A SONG FOR
BLACKS TO
EXPRESS THEIR
FEELING.
SANG AFTER THE
STAR SPANGLED
BANNER (WHENEVER
LARGE GROUPS OF
BLACKS WERE IN
ATTENDANCE)
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THERE ARE 3
VERSES, BUT THE
FIRST IS MOST
COMMONLY
KNOWN.
HONORS THE PAST
& EMBRACES THE
PRESENT
LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING
ADOPTED AS THE
NEGRO NATIONAL
ANTHEM BY THE
NAACP IN 1919.
ANTHEM
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anthem is a song of praise
and honor that is used as a
celebration for a specific group
of people.
DO YOU KNOW THE WORDS TO THE
BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM?
Lift Every Voice
and Sing
LET’S EXAMINE IT
SING ALONG !!!
Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heav'n ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith
that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope
that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
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WHY DO BLACKS
FEEL THE NEED TO
HAVE THEIR OWN
ANTHEM ?
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AREN’T WE ALL
AMERICANS?
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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WRITTEN IN 1812,
WHEN SLAVERY
WAS STILL GOING
ON.
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SONG DOESN’T
REFLECT WHAT
BLACKS WENT
THROUGH.
DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM ?
The
Star
Spangled
Banner
Francis Scott Key
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous
fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly
streaming
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
CONTROVERSIAL
MOMENTS
Marvin Gaye
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Marvin Gaye (@
NBA-All-Star game)
See: “Marvin Gaye
Sings American
National Anthem”
Josh Howard
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Josh Howard – NBA
player
See: “Josh Howard
Disrespects National
Anthem”
MAHMOUD ABDUL RAUF
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Mahmoud Abdul
Rauf- NBA player
See: “My Best Years
Were Taken Away.”
CONTROVERSY
IN 2008, jazz singer
Rene Marie shocked a
crowd of mainly white
listeners when she
sang the lyrics to Lift
Every Voice and Sing
to the melody of the
Star Spangled Banner.
(watch video)
MEMORABLE TRIBUTE
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View the picture video
on youtube.com