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. Jame’s brother John Rosamond Johnson ...

Around 1919, “Lift Every Voice” was named the official hymn of the NAACP. During World War II, it was sung by segregated black soldiers as an act of patriotism and protest. In the 1950s and ...

Hymn To The Mother 2. You Are So Beautiful 3 ... Wayfaring Stranger 7. Deep River 8. Lift Every Voice And Sing 9. Prayer, The Crossing ...

And she finds purpose in the first stanza of James Weldon Johnson’s hymn, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which encourages her to “face the rising sun of a new day and march until victory is ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph has taken her talents to Super Bowl LVII! The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the ...

Grammy Award winner Andra Day, American Sign Language performer Shaheen Sanchez open Super Bowl LVIII with "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the Apple Music ...