"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national ... and inclusion, seeping into the music. Jones said he heard concerns among choir groups and directors that the 25 voices traveling ...

The band Styx has a song that contains the lyrics: "Sing for the day, sing for the moment, sing for the time of your life." ...

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

Hip-Hop arguably remains the most politically engaged music of our current era ... was to have [us] do a hip-hop version of “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” a spiritual. But I opened the window ...

Susan Boyle surprised the world when she first sang on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. Her powerful voice and emotional songs quickly won hearts everywhere. She didn’t just win second place on ...

There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it ...

A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir', performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. The choral ...

The James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s "National Hymn Choir" sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." NFL fans waiting for the draft to begin took it all in before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...

From the very first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... member Dwight Jenkins, a music teacher in Baltimore City, described it as “hearing our ancestors sing through the instruments.” ...

Plenty of music, entertainment and other activities ... A Wisconsin-based youth choir will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Redding. Singer-songwriter ...

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 ...