Refer to lift every voice and sing. in the first stanza, the phrase "dark past" most likely refers to 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 facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. a) a period of time that no longer exists b) a period of time before the printing of stories c) a period of time marked by traumatic suffering d) a period of time with an obvious absence of light