Getty Images Watch Super Bowl LIX ... Christian music singer Lauren Daigle will sing America the Beautiful, while Ledisi — a 15-time Grammy nominee and R&B/soul artist — will perform "Lift Every Voice ...

Credit - Jamie Squire/Getty Images As per usual ... kicked off with the R&B singer Ledisi's rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a performance of “Hold My Hand” from Lady Gaga filmed ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

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. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...

Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints ...

During the second annual Unity Fresno Festival Concert Program held at Roosevelt High School on Feb. 15, 2015, soloist Teresa Gipson sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black National ...

There is no charge to attend. “Lift Every Voice is the annual concert that we have to close out Black History Month,” organizer Frank Wilson said. “We invite the entire community.

Every year on March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day. The day is more than just a date on the calendar; it is a celebration of the strength, fortitude, and unyielding spirit of women all ...

During the 2025 Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, R&B singer Ledisi belted a heart-stopping version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as one of the opening ...

NORMAL — At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events. Johnson ...