Posted on 07/03/2021 10:31:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
American actress and singer Vanessa Williams will perform the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has become known as the “black national anthem,” at the annual A Capitol Fourth televised celebration.
Williams told the Associated Press that she will be honoring both the nation’s independence day and Juneteenth, which recognizes the anniversary of the liberation of the last slaves in the United States, at the show.
“It’s in celebration of the wonderful opportunity that we now have to celebrate Juneteenth. So we are reflective of the times,” she said.
President Biden recently signed a law designating Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Long a day mainly observed in the African-American community and regionally in the South, Juneteenth was elevated to the national level to commemorate the eradication of slavery.
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Dividing America.
A big part of the Democrat Party agenda.
Give me a break!!!
Before or after the White national anthem? 🐂💨💩
Africa has 54 countries. Do we need to send someone in DC a map?
you are either an american or you’re not.
screw every single person working to divide this country and pit groups against another.
Can I have a plate of Kwanzaa on the side?
The TV listing;
“The annual concert celebrating America’s 245th birthday pays special tribute to American military heroes and their families. The show features the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jack Everly, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” and the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets. The finale includes fireworks and Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” complete with cannon fire.”
PBS 8-9:30 ET.
"My theory is that it’s based on the fact that light-skinned blacks are smarter than dark-skinned blacks."
The g-d Australian Airline got nothin’ to do with it.
Most of us who read the lyrics to the “Negro National Anthem” will find them pretty darn compelling. The lyrics are good, and we may want to affirm them.
We need to come up with a term for when the left tries to shove a rear end in our face ( like this ) where we don’t expect or want it. Another example is on the show “Blue Bloods” where they have Whoopi Goldberg in some episodes. Another black actress could do just as good or a better job but the left has to have their fun.
I’ll say it again.
FU
As I said 4 years ago on this forum, and many are finally realizing this year with its insanely rapid, bi-partisan and wholly undeserved elevation to Federal holiday, Juneteenth — an utterly meaningless event at the time — is being used (due to its calandar proximity) by Marxists to supplant and eventually replace July 4th as our principal national holiday.
Vanessa Williams gave up the Miss America title because PENTHOUSE published her nude photos...When she was not famous, She posed for nude photos...Somehow PENTHOUSE got hold of her nude photos...
I do actually like some of her songs...
The black national anthem is separatism and not a unified struggle for all humans for freedom. The anthem is about liberty from slavery “treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.” Is this an image of those who died in the Civil War so they might be free? It is too ambiguous for a purpose.
The black national anthem is too wordy, full of vague metaphors and divides people from the higher mission of freedom.
People anymore are petty, self absorbed and superficial. Oh, and ridiculous. They need to get over themselves. So sick of the Bs these days.
right? wth is Africa, (the continent) national anthem?
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