Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create, and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different ...

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...

Jordyn Diew, a student at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music who is known for singing the ...

It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

June is Black Music Month, and on June 19, or Juneteenth, we recognize the liberation of enslaved people in America. But ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short Super Bowl history, but the song itself has been around since 1900, when it was first performed by a choir of 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville, Florida.

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 that its performance ...

Johnson’s brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, wrote the music, melody and harmonies to “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The pair were part of a trio — Cole and Johnson Brothers — who wrote more than 200 ...

Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints ...