What I did on my summer vacation
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Usually, it gets trundled out and dusted off during black history month, and is sung at assemblies and church programs across the nation. After which it's put away until the next time a black nationalist needs to try legitimize his/her assemblage of a crowd.
The song is mostly church anthem, slightly rousing; it was adopted initially by the churches that were involved in the civil rights struggles of the 50s and 60s.
Personally, in terms of a "national" anything, the Hitchhikers' Guide would describe it as it describes Earth: "Mostly Harmless."
And, yes, I do know the words (at least to the first verse) -- and no, I don't consider it a "threat" or anything else for that matter. [shrug]
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Written by James Weldon Johnson, the anthem is mixture of God, the civil rights struggle and the dark days of slavery.Hmmm....sounds like one could ding them for violating Separation, if desired. The real national anthem contains no religion, at least in the parts normally publicly performed.
-Eric