Songs like Lift Every Voice and Sing, often called the Black national anthem, set the tone for the evening as a powerful expression of hope and resilience. Reflecting on both historical injustice ...

Paula Brion, an award-winning singer, songwriter, music teacher, and owner of Paula Brion Ent in Allentown, sings the national anthem and the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing ...

Brice’s reading was followed by “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem, sung by Vallejo youth theatrical troupe On The Fringe from the steps of the museum.

Brice’s reading was followed by “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem, sung by Vallejo youth theatrical troupe On The Fringe from the steps of the museum.

Members of the Leo Catholic High School Choir perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before a Cubs-Brewers game on June 19, 2025, at Wrigley Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) ...

Lexington, Kentucky unveils a monument honoring Lewis and Harriet Hayden, abolitionists who escaped slavery and helped others via the Underground Railroad.

A celebration on the campus of Virginia Union University Thursday morning brought together dozens to commemorate the 135th anniversary of Juneteenth in a deeply personal way.

Opal Lee is known as the “ Grandmother of Juneteenth ” after walking 2.5 miles each year to symbolize the two and a half years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas ...

Many years after writing his song, now a lawyer, novelist, Broadway musical writer, professor and huge cultural figure, James Weldon Johnson reflected on “Lift Every Voice and Sing”: “Our New York ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...