(And perhaps you heard the echo of Marvin Gaye’s 1971 track “Inner City Blues ... Rosamund Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—the song we now know as the Black National ...

Pregame recognitions include the Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year and JR42 Jr. RBI Outreach Clinic, the National Anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing performed by The ... Black excellence ...

If you’ve ever found yourself swaying to a gospel melody or air-guitaring to a gritty rock riff, you might owe a quiet nod of ...

Jamie Atkins This early 1964 track was a departure for Sam Cooke ... idea was to have [us] do a hip-hop version of “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” a spiritual. But I opened the window and ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln ...

The James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s "National Hymn Choir" sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." NFL fans waiting for the draft to begin took it all in before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...

The Lift Bridge is now staffed from 8 a.m. to midnight each day, and the bridge will lift every half hour if boat traffic is present. The lift schedule is expected to stay in effect through late ...

A day before Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard’s 'Tall Tales' arrives, the duo have shared the uncharacteristically upbeat new ...

Then the marathon rehearsal began, with the group sight-reading each song: a medley of “The Age of Aquarius” and “Let the Sun Shine,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” “Somewhere Over the ...

From the very first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” the tone was set. Audience members rose to their feet with reverence, many placing hands over their hearts or lifting them toward the ...

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. WHILE THE FOCUS MAY BE ON FOOTBALL. THAT’S ONLY PART OF THE FUN FOR NFL DRAFT WEEK. THE NFL DRAFT EXPERIENCE TAKES PLACE THE ENTIRE WEEK. THURSDAY BEGINS WITH THE ...