Past Event
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
100 Years of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
330 Park Boulevard, San Diego, 92101
Cost: Free
Join Dr. Mychal Matsemela-Ali Odom for a discussion of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", a song poem first performed at a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900. Originally written in 1900 and set to music in 1905, Lift Ev'ry Voice is a very popular hymn at social gatherings including churches and a most cherished battle song in the struggle for civil rights, freedom and social justice.