Jazz vocalist Rene Marie turned a relatively pedestrian event--this past Tuesday's State of the City" address from Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper--into a media tempest over patriotism when she sang the melody of The Star-Spangled Banner" but imported lyrics from James Weldon Johnson's Lift Every Voice and Sing, long referred to as the black national anthem."
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Uproar over Jazz Singer Rene Marie's Take On "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Jazz vocalist Rene Marie turned a relatively pedestrian event--this past Tuesday's State of the City" address from Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper--into a media tempest over patriotism when she sang the melody of The Star-Spangled Banner" but imported lyrics from James Weldon Johnson's Lift Every Voice and Sing, long referred to as the black national anthem."
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