Rosamund Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—the song we now know as the Black National Anthem. One hundred ... I wonder if my words work—if my art matters in these moments ...

Canada’s national anthem has both French and English versions, to honour the country’s bilingual past and present. Here are the history and lyrics to ‘O Canada’. On their visits to Canada in the early ...

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 ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln ...

Sheet music for the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah,” which translates ... hold a walkout as long as they refrained from saying words such as “Palestine”, “Gaza” or “siege.” ...

A harmonica class was introduced seven years ago, and the group started practicing the U.S. national anthem in 2021. On June 7, 2023, several class members played the anthem to start a Los Angeles ...

Before the Tennessee Titans officially selected Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Black national anthem was performed on stage in Green Bay. The James Weldon ...

They hope to eventually develop a communication translation tool for cetaceans, which would convert sperm whale sounds into human words and vice versa. In a new working paper that is expected to ...

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 ...

The NFL choral rendition of the so-called 'black national anthem' at the 2025 Draft had fans seething. A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir ...