Talk:Lift Every Voice and Sing

message: Besides the release in the 1990s, wasn't there another version of Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing done (in the Jazz/Blues genre) sometime prior to the mid-1980s?12.135.134.146 00:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Listen to her, starting at 14 minutes in. . That's not "the tune of the American national anthem" at all. Not even close. And whatever tune she was trying to perform, she missed THAT one too. Kar98 (talk) 23:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

message: Since every source linked from here refers to this song as the "Negro national anthem" (or hymn) is there any reason not to use "negro" in this article? —Wahoofive (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political correctness? 

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message: This is a good story that could go in somewhere. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/sports/ncaafootball/anthem-protests-howard-.html
Howard Cheerleaders Add Voices to the Anthem Debate by Taking a Knee
By MARC TRACY
New York Times
OCT. 13, 2017
--Nbauman (talk) 17:07, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: NYT story

message: "This song has nothing to do with the Black Lives Matter organization. I rebuke the contributor who edited & updated its historical purpose to fit the new age propaganda narrative. This piece continues to be a powerful, spiritually uplifting poem about unity, celebration, positivity & victory after overcoming the often overwhelming difficulties in the struggle for freedom & liberty. Though it has spread to offer inspiration for all people, it’s original introduction into society was created to uplift those commonly known as black or Negro in America."
The section header and quoted content above are not mine, and were inserted in this article by another contributor.  I am fairly certain that inserting editorial comments in the middle of a Wikipedia article violates multiple Wikipedia policies.  Is anyone monitoring the content of this article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:7901:1C5C:643B:6DC8:9182:A770 (talk) 14:35, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That paragraph has been removed, thank you for noticing. You can edit articles as well, either to improve or clean up the prose.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 15:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "I rebuke the contributor who edited & updated its historical purpose to fit the new age propaganda narrative." 

message: — Assignment last updated by AGDickson (talk) 07:06, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Music in History Intersectionality and Music

message: "Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;"
In the 1949 reprint there is a comma after "hearts". After the second "Lest" seems to make better grammatical sense (Lest…we), though it's hard to bring off because of the musical parallelism in "our feet" & "our hearts". Are there other sources/practices to shed light on this? Sparafucil (talk) 17:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Lest" in 3rd verse