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Read the section "Song Was Composed In 1899.”

Which selection from this section supports the conclusion that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” became popular quickly?

A
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was composed as a poem in 1899. Novelist, poet and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson wrote it.
B
Weldon Johnson's students were the first to perform the song. It was part of a celebration of Lincoln's birthday in 1900.
C
People kept singing the song, Johnson said. "Within 20 years it was being sung over the South and in some other parts of the country," he said.
D
The song became known as the "Negro national anthem." "Negro" is a dated term used to describe a person of Black African descent.

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Read the section "Song Was Composed In 1899.” Which selection from this section-example-1
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Answer:

The song became known as the "Negro national anthem." "Negro" is a dated term used to describe a person of Black African descent.

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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is known today as the National Anthem of the Negro. This is because this song, which was initially written as a poem, has a message of registration, struggle and unity of a people, managing to represent very well the history of Afro-Americans and blacks worldwide who had to fight for freedom and equality. A fight that continues today.

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