“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...

M arking a pivotal day in 1865 when emancipation reached the last confederate state to hold slaves, Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. ... (1900), by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson.

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

Along with that performance, R&B artist Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a poem written in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson and known as the Black National Anthem.

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...