“Lift Every Voice” has three stanzas. The text uses alliteration, similes and metaphors. The music employs word painting; for example, the melody reaches its highest note on “rise” in the ...

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ is a hymn written by two brothers in the ... With words by the American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, and music written by his brother J. Rosamond ...

By Billboard Staff Grammy-winning gospel sister duo Mary Mary will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of the 2022 Super Bowl on Sunday. In 2010, the dynamic duo of Trecina Atkins ...

It was James Weldon Johnson who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key figures in American ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the ... "For me, it's worship," Day told Apple Music ahead of her performance, calling the song a hymn. Read on for its origin story, and for ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super ... the Beautiful" and Rihanna's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.