While "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was not the only song played before "The Star Spangled Banner" on Sunday, many on social media singled out the hymn for criticism, claiming ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for ...

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

The idea of their being a Black national anthem shouldn't rub anyone the wrong way. The song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first performed in the year 1900 and officially adopted by the NAACP 17 ...

Kenisse Trotman, a third-year medical student at Dalhousie, sings the Black National Anthem (“Lift Every Voice And Sing” written by James Weldon Johnson in 1899). Wayn Hamilton performs a libation ...

Franklin County commissioner said The ceremony included the singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn often referred to as “The Black National Anthem.” Keynote speaker Rita Fuller ...

There will be a special choral prayer service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, commemorating the Rev. Absalom Jones, who was born into slavery and became the first African ...