Monday, April 2, 2018

James Weldon Johnson

Listen to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and read along with the words. Note moments in the song (lyrically, musically, or both) that strike you in any particular way (as poetry, as a song of uplift, as a national anthem, in contrast to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” or otherwise). When the song is over, comment briefly on your observations on the song in your in-class writing doc. 

Then, looking over the James Weldon Johnson poems in our course packet, answer these questions:

  1. Which of the poems that we read for today are you most interested in discussing? Why?
  2. Was this a difficult choice? Why or why not?


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