From the Big Beautiful Bill to online spats between billionaires and military crackdowns on protests, we get political ...

June is Black Music Month, and on June 19, or Juneteenth, we recognize the liberation of enslaved people in America. But complete liberation goes far beyond the shackles of slavery. […] ...

Juneteenth celebration in Madison recognizes liberation and resilience during the holiday's 160th anniversary of freedom.

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

It's the time of year in Jacksonville for Juneteenth events, dance recitals and season finales. Here are 100-plus fun things ...

"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 ...

The music of Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and songwriter Donald Lawrence is considered contemporary. But his songs speak to what it has meant to be Black in America since we arrived.

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Civil rights icon James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem and his brother Rosamond put the ...

It was James Weldon Johnson who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key figures in American ...

Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and ... in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson as a poem, with music by his ...