Madison celebrates a Black community still rising The 36th annual Juneteenth celebration in Madison recognizes liberation and resilience during the holiday's 160th anniversary of freedom.

But its federal holiday designation in 2021 didn’t come out of nowhere. It took decades of organizing by advocates like Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” and more than a century of ...

Songs like "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the unofficial Black National Anthem, ... The lyrics of the hymn, which was first performed for President Lincoln's birthday in 1900, ...

It wasn’t until Ledisi received a call about performing at Super Bowl LIX, where she ultimately sang a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” alongside a group of 125 New Orleans ...

We’ve got our own national anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”), holiday season (Kwanzaa), Thanksgiving foods (sweet potato pie, please), music (Kendrick Lamar didn’t come up with that ...

We’ve got our own national anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”), holiday season (Kwanzaa), Thanksgiving foods (sweet potato pie, please), music (Kendrick Lamar didn’t come up with that ...

We’ve got our own national anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”), holiday season (Kwanzaa), Thanksgiving foods (sweet potato pie, please), music (Kendrick Lamar didn’t come up with that ...

We’ve got our own national anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”), holiday season (Kwanzaa), Thanksgiving foods (sweet potato pie, please), music (Kendrick Lamar didn’t come up with that ...