A New Century a New Beginning

African Americans in the 1900’s

A Fresh Start There are moments in

our lives when we feel that a NEW START causes us to feel like our lives will change for the better and we will make necessary improvements.

New Starts New school year/ semester New relationship New school New home New team/group Graduation

1900’s = HOPE

When the 1900’s began African Americans had HOPE for a better life in the country they helped to build.

SLAVERY was ABOLISHED in 1865

NEW LEADERS EMERGED

ACHIEVEMENTS WERE MADE

INTELLIGENCE WAS SHOWN

INVENTIONS WERE MADE

IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Principal Invited Booker T

Washington to come speak to his school

Wrote a poem that reflected the joys and pains of blacks in America.

JOHN ROSAMAND JOHNSON MUSICIAN

PUT THE MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT TO THE WORDS HIS BROTHER WROTE.

The Johnson Brothers

LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING A SONG FOR

BLACKS TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELING.

SANG AFTER THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER (WHENEVER LARGE GROUPS OF BLACKS WERE IN ATTENDANCE)

THERE ARE 3 VERSES, BUT THE FIRST IS MOST COMMONLY KNOWN.

HONORS THE PAST & EMBRACES THE PRESENT

LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING

ADOPTED AS THE NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM BY THE NAACP IN 1919.

ANTHEM

An anthem is a song of praise and honor that is used as a celebration for a specific group of people.

DO YOU KNOW THE WORDS TO THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM?

Lift Every Voice

and Sing

LET’S EXAMINE IT

SING ALONG !!! Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heav'n ring,

Ring with the harmonies of liberty;Let our rejoicing rise, high as the list’ning skies,Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.Sing a song full of the faiththat the dark past has taught us,Sing a song full of the hopethat the present has brought us;Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,Let us march on till victory is won.

????????????????? WHY DO BLACKS

FEEL THE NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN ANTHEM ?

AREN’T WE ALL AMERICANS?

STAR SPANGLED BANNER WRITTEN IN 1812,

WHEN SLAVERY WAS STILL GOING ON.

SONG DOESN’T REFLECT WHAT BLACKS WENT THROUGH.

DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM ?

The Star

Spangled

Banner

Francis Scott Key

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye (@

NBA-All-Star game)

See: “Marvin Gaye Sings American National Anthem”

Josh Howard Josh Howard – NBA

player

See: “Josh Howard Disrespects National Anthem”

MAHMOUD ABDUL RAUF Mahmoud Abdul

Rauf- NBA player

See: “My Best Years Were Taken Away.”

CONTROVERSY IN 2008, jazz singer

Rene Marie shocked a crowd of mainly white listeners when she sang the lyrics to Lift Every Voice and Sing to the melody of the Star Spangled Banner.

(watch video)

MEMORABLE TRIBUTE

View the picture video on youtube.com