The music employs word painting ... the first stanza’s lyrics are surprisingly optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring / Ring with the harmonies of Liberty.” ...

A brief history of the black anthem ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ to be played at NFL games Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the ...

The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation, named after the poet, civil rights activist, and diplomat himself, ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. New Orleans Saints Walter Payton NFL Man of the ...

Which one do the Hispanics and the Asians and the other people – I don't know which one they get to sing. Maybe they'll ... singing this made-up song and you see all these other people of ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead ... I'm going to keep on listening to my song and be ready to sing and make it happen on Sunday.

The Abbott Elementary star performed Lift Every Voice And Sing, known as the Black ... by singing a verse from the song Endangered Species, featuring the lyrics: “I am an endangered species ...

Read full article: ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing’ performed at Super Bowl exactly 123 years after song first debuted in Jacksonville Actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph helped kick off Super ...