At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and spiritual impact.

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

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Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

Saturday’s show began with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn known as the Black national anthem with lyrics by Johnson set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond.

Saturday’s show began with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn known as the Black national anthem with lyrics by Johnson set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond.

The Rev. Dr. Brown explained in a 2019 Church News video that “Come, Come Ye Saints” and the iconic Black spiritual “Lift ...

It was the first opera in Virginia and today is the Arlington is the smallest entity in the U.S. to have its own opera company. OTNV closed in 2011 and was restructured as Opera NOVA, which is a ...