Even though many rights for black Americans had been swept away by Jim Crow laws, the first stanza’s lyrics are surprisingly optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as ... and composed the music and arrangements ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national ... it should be a song that all people can love and find their place in the lyrics, in the harmony of the song," Jones said.

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Before the Chiefs and the Eagles took ...