Even though many rights for black Americans had been swept away by Jim Crow laws, the first stanza’s lyrics are surprisingly optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Black people did not get full citizenship until the passage of the ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson ... Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us ...