<span>This is also known as the Amritsar Massacre. On April 13, 1919 a group of nonviolent protesters and pilgrims were gathered in Jallianwala Bagh were shot at by troops form the British Indian Army. After the massacre Indians wanted their full independence and not just the self-rule they had been demanding of the British Empire.</span>
Two key events led to its being named the Negro National Anthem: In 1905, Booker T. Washington endorsed it, and in 1919, it became the official song of the NAACP.
