OUR HISTORY
LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School.
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School.
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Rev. Bartholomew Banks, Sr. |
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Bishop Billy Baskin |
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Dr. Gershwin T. Blyden |
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Dr. Gwendolyn V. Boyd |
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Dr. Mack King Carter |
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Mrs. Patricia T. Carter |
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Mr. Julian Coakley |
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Mr. Kareem J. Coney |
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Bishop Victor T. Curry |
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Ms. Lynn Fenster |
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Mr. Charles W. George (Chairman) |
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Mr. Marc T. Henderson
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Ms. JoLinda L. Herring, Esq.
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Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes, Jr. |
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Mr. Horace C. Hord, Jr. |
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Mr. Frederick Jackson, Jr. |
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Dr. Julius R. Scruggs |
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Mr. Raul Valdes-Fauli |
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Mr. John W. Ruffin, Jr. (Vice Chairman) |
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Mr. Clyde Rucker |
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Rev. Dr. James B. Sampson |
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Dr. William D. Perry |
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Mr. Robert Perkins |
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Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rhim (Treasurer)
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Ms. Roberta R. Kressel |
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Ms. Sharon Wamble-King |
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Rev. Wayne B. Lomax |
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Rev. Dr. William Shaw |
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Mr. E. Ray Smith |
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Mr. Michael B. Smith |
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Rev. Stephen John Thurston |
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Rev. Dr. Richard L. Wilson (Secretary) |
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Sharon Wilson, Esq. |
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Mrs. Barbara Wright |
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Dr. Walter T. Richardson |
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HONORARY |
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Mr. Garth C. Reeves, Sr. |
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EMERITUS |
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Mr. I.W. Williams, Esq. |









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