Houston Dash goalkeeper and secretary of Black Women's Player Collective, Abby Smith, says the goal is to have every NWSL team celebrate Juneteenth. / Troy Taormina-Imagn Images ...

Songs like “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the unofficial Black National Anthem, often feature heavily in Juneteenth celebrations. The lyrics of the hymn, which was first performed for President ...

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

Here, Stacker has collected images of Juneteenth celebrations over the years that showcase the holiday's importance and how much it has changed.

“In The Chair” spotlights the incredible hairstylists and makeup artists in our community who are giving us major inspiration. Each week, they discuss their personal beauty and career journeys ...

3:30–3:45 p.m. – Emcee intro, national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” 3:45–5 p.m. – Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation celebrates the 75th anniversary of Chess Records ...

As we enter International Black Women’s History Month, Black art has always been a means of documenting and creating history, putting out powerful stories that depict Black women’s experiences ...

“We want this to spark interest in what this meant to us, what this means to other states that also have it [a Black Lives Matter mural] because D.C. is not the only one, and how we can make sure we ...

On March 8, 1964, she decided to go to Selma. She joined marchers on Bloody Sunday and continued to work for the cause in the days after. She was using her car to help people shuttle to the airport ...

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 ...