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 ...

Gospel singer BB Winans performs with the IN UNISON Chorus and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in February 2024 for the “Lift Every Voice and Sing” concert.

Were you Seen at the Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Music Celebration on June 17, 2025, at the Palace Theatre in Albany?

Singer and songwriter Jon Batiste performs the national anthem ahead of Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

Neena-Sinaii Simpo, left, Jamia Lee, and Beverly Free, all of Marin City perform the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the 9th Annual Marin City Juneteenth Festival at Rocky ...

The plan also included a chorus leading the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and a mix of spirituals, southern gospel and secular songs that traced an arc from bondage to hope ...

Denton finds the singing of James Weldon Johnson’s "Lift Every Voice and Sing” and the raising of a Juneteenth flag at the Statehouse somehow objectionable.

“The theme for today is lift every voice and sing in celebration and education and just celebrating our forefathers and mothers that got us this far,” Jamiel Alexander, an organizer, said.

A crowd in Queens celebrated the triumph of Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.

A river of music runs it – a few notes from “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” the unofficial Black National Anthem. Like Simmons, Bailey fights the tide of selective historical amnesia.

The event includes a new play series on Friday, the “Lift Every Voice” community showcase on Saturday, and the fest finale, a Gospel Brunch at 11 a.m. Sunday.