The first line came easy to him: Lift ev’ry voice and sing. The other lines took time. In his autobiography, Johnson wrote that he had tears in his eyes once he finished the lyrics. Sharon Coon had ...

Stanton School first performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" in celebration of President ... Among the song's lyrics is this powerful last stanza: "God of our weary years, God of our silent ...

“I have been singing Lift Every Voice and Sing my entire life and every time I sing this anthem I am immediately connected to my past and to my ancestors. In my home, we were required to learn the ...

"More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics excerpted ... for our country." "Lift Every Voice and Sing," sometimes printed as "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," was written ...

"More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics ... him: "Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven Ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ..." "Lift Ev'ry Voice ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday. The R&B singer stood on a ...

"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year in a row Sunday. This year, Grammy winner Ledisi was given the honor ...