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

Decrying a world characterized by materialism, violence and blind conformity, Dylan echoed the warnings of King Solomon.

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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), ...

The music of Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and songwriter Donald Lawrence is considered contemporary. But his songs speak to what it has meant to be Black in America since we arrived.  “When ...

How far and how wide Lift Every Voice and Sing resonated was a surprise to its creator. James Weldon Johnson wrote in his 1934 autobiography that “the schoolchildren of Jacksonville kept singing the ...

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.

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... (1873-1954), wrote and composed the music and arrangements for the lyrics. American history tells us that their has always ...

Johnson said the ending lyrics of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" are key to understanding the difference between the usual national anthem and the Black national anthem, which she sang during an ...

At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events.

In a lengthy note, Chantal Kreviazuk shared that she did not plan it at all. Singer Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyrics of the Canadian national anthem on Thursday night in a mark of protest ...

Canadian singer Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyrics to her country's national anthem when she sang it Thursday at a big hockey game between them and the United States, in protest. She was taking ...