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The Michigan Electoral College meeting began Monday with a rendition of the “black national anthem.”
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garland Gilchrist (D) began the event with the Pledge of Allegiance and the U.S. National Anthem in the state Senate chamber.
Two singers then performed “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” recognized as the black national anthem.
The spiritual, written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson, was first performed in honor of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1900, PBS reported.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)later adopted it as its official song.
The Democrat slate of electors met to cast 16 votes for Joe Biden to become president.
neil as we speak, the lieutenant governor garland gilchrist of michigan is here right now standing by these picketers. also the negotiations are going on a few miles from here, and that will happen behind closed doors. and because of the strike in part, and a key sticking point right now is gm s footprint in mexico. and according to our source so far as refusing to bring any of those jobs and manufacturing back to the united states. and that s moments that we have been pushing for as well. i don t like that at all, our relationship has been very powerful with the autoworkers. union members are saying that