Stand up for what’s right
Human heart and love of freedom
Sacred rights for all people
Onward, upward, forward we go!
So love right and do right to live right
Just be right
Equality, unity lifting as we climb – and that’s right
Forward we go with promise and hope
Lifting as we climb – and that’s right

Text compiled, inspired, and quoted from Mary Church Terrell

Text Authorship:

• by Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954), copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Brittney Elizabeth Boykin , "Stand Up!", copyright © 2023 [ sab chorus ], Graphite Publishing [sung text checked 1 time]

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