Happy Independence Day!
By Wade Kwon
Video: John Legend performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
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Happy birthday, America!
I never knew this: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson is also known as “The Black National Anthem.” As we mark our country’s 244th birthday, let us also note that many of us still struggle for that promise of freedom and equality.
Black Lives Matter. Here’s how you can help.
