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07-02-2008, 03:52 PM #1
'Black National Anthem' Overshadows Mayor's Speech
This is so much bs I can't even begin to explain!!!!!!!
No warning nothing just disrespect!!!!!!!!!!!
Please comment on the website too. This country is going upside down!!!!
DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) - Some were simply confused. Others, immediately offended.
A local jazz performer caused a stir at Denver mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the State address Tuesday by replacing the lyrics of the National Anthem with those of the so-called Black National Anthem.
The city asked Rene Marie, an African-American, to sing the Star Spangled Banner before Tuesday’s speech.
However, unbeknownst to all but a handful of people in the crowd -not including the mayor- she replaced the lyrics of the traditional National Anthem with "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson: a song commonly referred to as the "Black National Anthem" by those familiar with it.
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