“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 ...

M arking a pivotal day in 1865 when emancipation reached the last confederate state to hold slaves, Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. ... (1900), by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson.

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of ...

Along with that performance, R&B artist Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a poem written in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson and known as the Black National Anthem.