The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short Super Bowl history ... lawyer and civil rights activist, set out to write a poem to to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday, and the piece ...

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. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

In 2020, the National Football League began instituting the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred ... which originated as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson ...

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

It was James Weldon Johnson who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key figures in American ...

Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black ... lawyer and civil rights activist who aimed to write a poem to honor President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

Originally penned as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson before being adopted as the official ...