Events for Africana, American, Florida, Judaic, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Women's and Gender Studies
James Weldon Johnson wrote the lyrics to the song, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, in 1899 as a statement about the African American experience at that time. It has since become dubbed as the unofficial Negro National anthem. The lecturer, Dorothy Davis, will provide an African Diasporan interpretation of the lyrics by discussing the life of her father, Griff Davis: …
Area Studies