"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national ... it should be a song that all people can love and find their place in the lyrics, in the harmony of the song," Jones said.

The Voice season 27 has crowned its winner! After two hours of musical performances and special guest appearances during the ...

There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it ...

The band Styx has a song that contains the lyrics: “Sing for the day, sing for the moment, sing for the time of your life.” ...

Behind the scenes, Blue Ivy has been working with some of the best in the business. Beyoncé’s go-to writers are said to be ...

A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir', performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. The choral ...

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 ...

Black graduates gathered on Saturday afternoon for the House’s 26th stoling ceremony, even after Harvard scrapped affinity ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

Rosamond Johnson, who scored the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for his brother James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics. Another stop, the home of poet and writer Larry Neil ...