For over 20 years, The Green-Wood Cemetery has hosted a free Memorial Day concert on the bucolic ... s permanent residents, including James Weldon Johnson, Fred Ebb, and Leonard Bernstein, as ...

“We’re excited and humbled to celebrate this momentous day with a festival for the people and in such a sacred place as the Johnson Brothers’ birthplace.” The Kats Downstairz headlined the ...

The annual festival features national headliners and a full-day concert line-up with regional ... This event is presented by Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park, Yaya Production, and made ...

All of this is worth noting — because "Lift Every Voice" is sometimes discussed as if it were some ephemeral "woke" thing, dreamed up by Black Lives Matter protesters the day before yesterday.

Before Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday, the Grammy-award winning artist Ledisi performed the song written by James Weldon Johnson in ...

Last year, Andra Day performed it ahead of the 2024 championship ... "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black ...

Last year, Andra Day performed it ahead of the 2024 championship game ... "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black ...