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Google Commemorates 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth with Powerful Doodle

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Google marked the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth with a new Doodle on Friday (June 19).In the video clip, LeVar Burton narrates the lyrics to classic hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem. "Lift ev'ry voice and sing/ 'Til Earth and heaven ring/ Ring with the harmonies of liberty/ Let our rejoicing rise/ High as the listening skies/ Let it resound loud as the rolling sea/ Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us/ Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us," Burton recites as the video illustrates moments both crucial and mundane in America's long road to racial equality."We wanted to take people through the experience of gaining freedom as a Black person in.

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