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written first as a poem in 1900 by the great African-American educator and writer James Weldon Johnson to commemorate a Lincoln’s Birthday address by Booker T. Washington. Johnson’s brother, John Rosamund Johnson, set the poem to music in 1905.
the song had been a way for African Americans to showcase inner pride and subtly voice their protest during a time when lynchings were rampant, and segregation and Jim Crow were the law of the land.
However, unlike some parents, she didn’t consider Crystal her friend; Bernadine had friends. Crystal was her child, and children needed guidance, structure, and love that was sometimes tough, so that if they were lucky, they’d grow up, get themselves together, and then be considered friends.
