James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a song and soon cherished as an anthem. In its 125th ...

WASHINGTON (BP) – James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a song and soon cherished as an ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph performs Lift Every Voice and Sing prior to Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images. Reprinted from Poetry Foundation. A group of ...

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

Hundreds Gather for Norwalk Public Schools’ 3rd Annual Black History & Heritage Festival NORWALK, Conn. — Hundreds of community members filled Norwalk High School on Thursday night to celebrate ...

Multiple arrangements of Lift Every Voice and Sing will be performed before both Friday’s and Saturday’s events inside the Dubow Theatre on campus. Duval County School Board member Darryl Willie, ...

African Americans must keep singing aloud the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” as its lyrics and melody exude the strength, reliance, resilience and hope of the oppressed against ...

Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans ...

When poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” in 1900, he had no idea that 125 years later it would serve as a virtuous national anthem and pillar ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

The respect. The song is a call to action, meaning, it’s time for us to come together,” said Sharon Coon, Executive Director of the 125th Lift Every Voice and Sing Anniversary.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints, now, between the "woke" left and the "authoritarian" right.