Wattstax national anthems

[glencro]

Watching WATTSTAX now on tv. Who is the lady that sang the National Anthem and Life Every Voice? Missed the name in Jesse Jackson's introduction

[reese]

Kim Weston.

[smark21]

The National Anthems sequence is one of my favorite bits from the documentary. The audience was not feeling “Star Spangled Banner” [[for political reasons, not because of Weston’s vocals), but as soon as Kim Weston started singing “Lift Every Voice”, the crowd was united and celebrating the spirit of the festival.