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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.” ...

Clothed in a white robe with a red yoke, her face illuminated by the small lamp above her sheet music ... Weldon Johnson’s hymn, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which encourages her to ...

Photo by Stuart Sudak Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella stood before the camera, her shimmering dress catching the light, her voice carrying through the room. As the first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as ... Johnson (1873-1954), wrote and composed the music and arrangements for the lyrics. American history ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every ... toward “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about this or ...

Johnson’s brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, wrote the music, melody and harmonies to “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The pair were part of a trio — Cole and Johnson Brothers — who wrote more than 200 ...

Grammy-winning R&B singer and New Orleans native Ledisi took the stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for a “Lift Every Voice and Sing” performance ... at the Apple Music Super Bowl ...

Originally penned as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson before being adopted as the official ...