The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900.

Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans ...

The respect. The song is a call to action, meaning, it’s time for us to come together,” said Sharon Coon, Executive Director of the 125th Lift Every Voice and Sing Anniversary.

Conservatives on social media charged this week that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is divisive and that the pregame performance, which also featured a choir of 125 high school students from the ...

At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond ...

“They done white washed Lift Every Voice and Sing,” another person wrote. MAGA is big mad that the NFL had a choir sing Lift Every Voice and Sing, "the Black national anthem," for Draft Day.

After their annual tradition of performing “Lift Every Voice,” which has varied in arrangement and performance styles over the years, the concert paid homage to Black women. This happened ...

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Good Morning Texas Black History Month High Notes: Lift Every Voice & Sing Her Soul, Her Sound takes the GMT stage to perform Lift Every Voice and Sing.

Then Saturday there'll be another "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" Black History Month celebration from noon to 4 p.m. at the park with poetry, music, theater, speakers, food and art vendors.

Celebrations are underway to mark the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing," which was written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother, Rosamond, in Jacksonville and has ...

Object Details Photograph by Unidentified Subject of Augusta Savage, American, 1892 - 1962 Description Black and white photograph of artist Augusta Savage's 16-foot tall sculpture, "Lift Every Voice ...