It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III.

Each year, the NFL selects artists to sing the national anthem, as well as "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing." This year, the latter song - also known colloquially as the ...

Juneteenth, which is officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated ...

The Rev. Dr. Brown explained in a 2019 Church News video that “Come, Come Ye Saints” and the iconic Black spiritual “Lift ...

Brownsville Preparatory Institute students came to center stage to sing "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing." Their performance was followed by a standing ovation. Among those who attended included state ...

As she held her 8-month-old son, Khalid, Medina refocused on the history of Juneteenth including U.S. Union troops who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to inform slaves of their freedom. It came ...

This performance was reminiscent of her groundbreaking Coachella headlining gig in 2018, when she halted her larger-than-life performance to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a formidable tune ...

There is also the the home of J. Rosamond Johnson, who scored the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for his brother James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics.

The New Rochelle High School choir PAVE sang the National Anthem and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the unofficial Black national anthem, to open the ceremony. Then, an all-girls-of-color step team ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebrated annually on June 19, it marks the day ...