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

*Legendary singer Melba Moore is set to receive a tribute at BLACK ENTERPRISE’s 19th Annual Legacy Awards Gala that begins the 2025 Women of Power Summit in Las Vegas from March 5-9. The gala honors ...

It’s interesting to note that Ms. Eloise was born two years before Negro History Week was created by Carter G. Woodson and ...

With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...

Jahi Winston, the guest speaker at the City of West Point’s annual Black History program, encouraged the young people present ...

Columnist Ed Pratt's notes that even though Black History Month is ending, there are plenty of Black experts on just about ...

Bill Fogarty The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation recently provided an interesting glimpse into the history of slavery in ...

Today’s Common Roots Concert offers a celebratory finale to Black History Month. The State Gospel Choir, with special guest, The Voices of Faith, perform from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the Church ...

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 ...

When discussing the importance of inspiring the next generation, especially Black leaders, Johnson described the potential that could be unearthed when raising students up. The importance of becoming ...

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 ...