A stirring monument in words and music, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” reminds Americans to press on to the “more perfect union” that the U.S. Constitution’s preamble envisioned.

Much like “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a poem that was later set to music. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900 by civil rights activist James ...

Dressed in a beige overcoat, Day’s powerful vocals echoed beautifully as she recited the lyrics: “Lift every voice and sing/’Til earth ... navigating through the music and through some ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every ... toward “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about this or ...

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the ... His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music. James Weldon Johnson referred to the work as a ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native ...

From its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has evolved into the unofficial black ...