🟪Quizizz | Lift Every Voice and Sing🎙️🎇

Who composed the poem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing'?

• Bob Cole

• John Rosamond Johnson

• James Weldon Johnson

• Maya Angelou

Who set the poem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' to music?

• James Weldon Johnson

• John Rosamond Johnson

• Bob Cole

• Maya Angelou

In which year was 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' first sung?

• 1899

• 1911

• 1920

• 1900

Which event inspired the vocalist Melba Moore to film an all-star music video featuring 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing'?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• Nelson Mandela's release from a South African prison

• The Jazz Age

• World War II

In which year did the carillon at the University of Florida ring out the melody of 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' in protest against the appearance of a white supremacist speaker on campus?

• 2018

• 2019

• 2017

• 2016

What is the title of the song that was sung by mostly black classmates at an Oakland middle school in defiance of discriminatory actions taken by white school officials?

• America the Beautiful

• The Star-Spangled Banner

• The Pledge of Allegiance

• Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

Who was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to diplomatic posts in Venezuela and Nicaragua?

• John Rosamond Johnson

• Burton Peretti

• James Weldon Johnson

• Bob Cole

In which city did the Johnson brothers relocate to in 1901?

• Jacksonville

• New York City

• Boston

• London

What was the informal designation given to 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' in 1920?

• The National Anthem

• The Negro National Anthem

• The Patriotic Anthem

• The Civil Rights Anthem

Who was the general secretary of the New York NAACP and became an outspoken figure for civil rights and against lynching?

• James Weldon Johnson

• Maya Angelou

• John Rosamond Johnson

• Bob Cole