James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They’d sung it in church, learned ...

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

Thus, he was pleasantly surprised to watch his alma mater’s Wind ensemble perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at his job on June 12, in what he called “a full circle moment” during the Museum of the ...

The Emancipation Proclamation became law in the United States. It declared that “all persons held as slaves … shall be … ...

He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create, and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different ...

The Emancipation Proclamation became law in the United States. It declared that “all persons held as slaves … shall be … ...

Some may also sing the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Biden is expected to attend a celebration Thursday at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston ...

Track all of Derby's 2025 summer transfer activity, including confirmed signings, player departures, latest rumours and squad updates. Derby County's character was truly put to the test during the ...