The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon ...

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of ...

From its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938 ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson ... in the lyrics, in the harmony ...

The 2025 NFL Draft kicked off in Green Bay with a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by a Milwaukee choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s “National Hymn Choir”.

R&B star Ledisi performed on one of the biggest stages in her Grammy-winning career with a compelling live rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing ... NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900 ...

The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn Ledisi's ...