"Lift Every Voice and Sing" Featuring Chelsey Green on Violin

To celebrate Black History Month, we are looking to our collaboration with special guest artist Chelsey Green and The United States Air Force Concert Band's recording of "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
As described on the NAACP's website:
"Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal, first performed the song in public in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans. Set against the religious invocation of God and the promise of freedom, the song was later adopted by NAACP and prominently used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s."
We celebrate Black history Month in February because that is the birth month of Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist and social reformer, and President Abraham Lincoln, who abolished slavery. The celebration was officially expanded to the entire month of February in 1976 by President Gerald Ford. On Feb. 11, 1986, Congress passed Public Law 99-244, which designated each February as "National Black (Afro-American) History Month."
Please enjoy our tribute to Black History Month, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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Lift Every Voice and Sing - James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamund Johnson
arr. Master Sgt. Tadd Russo
Chelsey Green, violin
Members of The United States Air Force Band
Credits
Colonel Don Schofield - Executive Producer
Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Hoffmann - Producer/Videographer
Captain Christina Muncey - Audio Producer
Senior Master Sgt. Jim DeVaughn - Recording/Mixing Engineer
Technical Sgt. Jim Woolf - Asst. Recording Engineer
Technical Sgt. Pedro Rodríguez Ramírez - Monitor Engineer
Nathan Devonshyre, Andrew Waters - Lighting
Chris McCary - Jib Operator
Master Sgts. Kevin Cerovich, Mike Brest - Videographers
Technical Sgt. Dan Dowling - Video Editor
Master Sgt. Jeremy Koch - Artist Manager
Technical Sgt. Nikki Hill - Asst. Artist Manager

[@ritabug43]

SHES AMAZING AND SHE HAS MASTERED HER CRAFT...

[@manondumouchel5298]

Marvelous! Beautiful sounds.. thank you to all for this nicely moment .. love this nice

[@stickitpads]

A truly transformative, stirring arrangement and performance that speaks to the soul of a people it represents🙏🏿👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Bravo Chelsey Green and The USAF arranger and ensemble!!!!

[@paulawigell55]

Lovely! The wonderfully talented performances by you each melded into a beautiful rendition of this touching song. Thank you!

[@keenenjackson5556]

We’ll played Chelsey

[@marcvg1625]

Superb!!!

[@TheUSAFBand]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Gladys915]

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