"The art of the song transcends race or demographics, that is the beauty of the art," he added. "That's the beauty of the poem." "Lift every voice and sing" begins ... in the lyrics, in the ...

Pete Carroll’s third draft clue is a snippet of OutKast lyrics. Not sure how this ... with a rousing version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” performed by a choir before a relatively spare ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as ... and composed the music and arrangements for the lyrics. American history tells us that there has always ...

In his autobiography, Johnson wrote that he had tears in his eyes once he finished the lyrics ... presentation of music, art and entertainment that will led by students. Multiple arrangements of Lift ...

BLACK ENTERPRISE curated a playlist of 8 Black songs contributing to Black art, history ... demanded respect and knew their worth. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900 by James ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem ... “As an artist, he is not constrained by color, his art is not constrained by a construction of race.” While some ...

Earlier in the pregame show, Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle performed "America the Beautiful," and Ledisi sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing ... in the song’s lyrics were the Philadelphia ...

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 Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...