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 ...

What is 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'? "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 ...

During the second annual Unity Fresno Festival Concert Program held at Roosevelt High School on Feb. 15, 2015, soloist Teresa Gipson sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black National ...

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

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

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

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

Musician Joe Watts performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” written by its downtown park's namesake James Weldon Johnson on ...

ASHLAND The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center is marking Black History Month with an exhibit, which will run through the end of February. “Visitors will see many different facets of Black history, ...

Musician Joe Watts performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” written by its downtown park's namesake James Weldon Johnson Wednesday February 12, 2025.

The Ouachita County Retired Teacher's Association held its Black History Program this week at the First United Methodist ...

Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.