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.

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” — 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 Black National Anthem is a tribute to that struggle and success. Black people did not get full citizenship until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. That is why we sing the Black ...

Before Wednesday's game vs. Knicks, the Trail Blazers gave a national anthem singer and Maurice Cheeks a touching full-circle ...

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Andress' performance marked her latest try at singing the national anthem at a major event after she caused a stir on social media in July 2024 for taking the stage at the Home Run Derby while ...

As South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberated the formal impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, his supporters shared a ...

After her performance of the national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby went ... Without the mistakes in my life, I would not be the person I am today, and I sure as hell wouldn't have the stories ...

The idea of there being a Black national anthem shouldn’t rub anyone the wrong way. The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first ... Because that is what people don’t seem to understand.