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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the unofficial Black national anthem, celebrates 125 years
It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...
Kentucky Today2d
At 125 years, biblical elements, healing balm hailed in ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...
The Washington Informer5d
The Museum of the Bible Honors 125 Years of the Black National Anthem with Immersive Experience
Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...
North Las Vegas community honors Juneteenth with flag raising — PHOTOS
It just reminds us of freedom that was not given to all at once, but fought for over time with courage, with determination ...
Capitol City Band to host free Juneteenth concert at Rennebohm Park
The band is back for its 57th season under new conductor Dave Pedracine. Longtime conductor Jim Latimer is retiring but still involved.
An 'L' and a painful American era separated SC's Simrils from Simrills. Now they gather yearly.
Simril-Simrill family history is one of heroism and hate, tying kin from the Carolinas to others across the US and abroad.
Minnesota Reformer4d
The lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ and James Weldon Johnson on how it came to be
The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.