Bob Dylan’s classic melody, “The Times They Are A-Changin,’” captured a period in U.S. history, the famed 1960s, when protests rang through the streets and echoed through the halls of Congress. A time ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln, has ...

The Black national anthem has been a mainstay for NFL events since the 2020 season, following a summer of racial tensions across the U.S. The song has been performed at Super Bowls and draft events.

That was followed by the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song penned in 1900 that is known as the Black National Anthem and was sung by Black communities during the Civil Rights Era.

Ad Policy (Kevin Peragine) This article appears in the May 2025 issue, with the headline “Q&A: Imani Perry.”. Although Imani Perry has long chronicled Black life with an expansive eye, her ...

Announcing his first squad in his new role, Tuchel was asked whether he intended to sing the English national anthem before England’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia.

Sharpton, renowned civil rights activist and founder of the National Action Network, then took to the pulpit to give the message of the evening. Much like Price, the subject of Sharpton’s message ...

Lataja Rolle and her daughters, Honesty, 9, at left, and Emery sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem, during Black History Saturdays in Tulsa. To learn more ...

In 2024, she was named a National Geographic Society Explorer and awarded a $100,000 grant to help her fund Black History Saturdays. She said the society has said more funding from the global ...

WEST POINT — Jahi Winston, the guest speaker at the City of West Point’s annual Black History program, encouraged the young people present for the program to never shy away from pursuing their dreams.

In his Feb. 20 column, Armstrong Williams bemoans the singing of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that some claim is the Black national anthem. He says the performance of that song ...

Prior to Dr. King’s birthday becoming a national holiday, Mobley worked with management at Dominion Energy in an effort to allow their employees, Black or white, to take that day off. Even though he ...