Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900.

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They’d sung it in church, learned it in school and stood for what is dubbed ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It is a hymn once sung by Black servicemen on the war front, but is now a staple of pregame Super Bowl ceremonies — sparking controversy for some and feelings of resilience for ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints, now, between the "woke" left and the "authoritarian" right.

“They done white washed Lift Every Voice and Sing,” another person wrote. MAGA is big mad that the NFL had a choir sing Lift Every Voice and Sing, "the Black national anthem," for Draft Day.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln, has ...

One of the performers will be Sheryl Lee Ralph from the Emmy award-winning show "Abbott Elementary." Ralph will serenade the millions of fans during the pre-game show with "Lift Every Voice and Sing." ...

At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond ...

Celebrations are underway to mark the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing," which was written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother, Rosamond, in Jacksonville and has ...

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.