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Lift Every Voice and Sing

American hymn composed in 1905 commonly known as the Black national anthem
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Lift Every Voice and Sing

Summary

Lift Every Voice and Sing is a national anthem[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of national_anthem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's instance of is recorded as national anthem[3].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's composer is recorded as J. Rosamond Johnson[5].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's Commons category is recorded as Lift Every Voice and Sing[6].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • 1900 marks the founding of Lift Every Voice and Sing[9].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing was published on 1905[10].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's lyricist is recorded as James Weldon Johnson[11].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'}[12].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[13].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Christian Hymns[14].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's has lyrics is recorded as Lift Every Voice and Sing[16].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing's form of creative work is recorded as poem[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Poem[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4f72a03f-5fe4-4e2d-90b6-8995e4a31bcf[20]

Why It Matters

Lift Every Voice and Sing ranks in the top 5% of national_anthem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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