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.

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the ... lawyer and civil rights activist, set out to write a poem to to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln's ...

She has performed at the White House and the Kennedy Center, in addition to sold-out performances ... the national anthem. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James ...