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.

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 ...

At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond ...

Celebrations are underway to mark the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing," which was written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother, Rosamond, in Jacksonville and has ...

Then Saturday there'll be another "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" Black History Month celebration from noon to 4 p.m. at the park with poetry, music, theater, speakers, food and art vendors.

After their annual tradition of performing “Lift Every Voice,” which has varied in arrangement and performance styles over the years, the concert paid homage to Black women. This happened ...

The 2025 NFL Draft kicked off in Green Bay with a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by a Milwaukee choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s “National Hymn Choir”. The choral ...

“They done white washed Lift Every Voice and Sing,” another person wrote. MAGA is big mad that the NFL had a choir sing Lift Every Voice and Sing, "the Black national anthem," for Draft Day.

Good Morning Texas Black History Month High Notes: Lift Every Voice & Sing Her Soul, Her Sound takes the GMT stage to perform Lift Every Voice and Sing.

Black and white photograph of artist Augusta Savage's 16-foot tall sculpture, "Lift Every Voice and Sing", inspired by the song by James Weldon and Rosamond Johnson from the 1939 New York World's Fair ...

One of the performers will be Sheryl Lee Ralph from the Emmy award-winning show "Abbott Elementary." Ralph will serenade the millions of fans during the pre-game show with "Lift Every Voice and Sing." ...