The song's rich history "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was written by James Weldon Johnson, a civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in ...

As the 2025 Super Bowl begins, Ledisi took the field to sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," widely known as the Black national anthem. Here's what to know about the song.

The NFL will play Lift Every Voice and Sing" before each game during Week 1, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press. There's always been the controversy about race being ...

Every morning, the kids at the Johnson Learning Center stand up and sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Andrew Young, some 70 years their senior, smiles at the image. It is the same thing he did ...

For more than a century, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has held a powerful place in American history. The hymn is known as the Black National Anthem, but it’s more than that. It’s a history ...

Tangent. Including “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before week one games is one of several initiatives the NFL announced it would undertake in 2020 to combat racial injustice.

Thousands of mostly white fans heard “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” possibly for the first time, when Beyoncé belted it out at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Many people are surprised to learn that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written as a poem. Created by James Weldon Johnson, it was performed for the… ...

Listen to the harmonies of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the music, the lyrics. That is why it has endured for 123 years. And it’s only getting stronger.