A group of young men in Jacksonville, Florida, arranged to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. My brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and I decided to write a song to be sung at the exercises. I wrote the ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a song considered a solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberation of Black ...
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Many know the song performed at the NFL Draft as the 'Black national anthem.' But it's so much more.
It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, ...
Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of '25 ...
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