“The Harp,” a plaster piece inspired by “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” which created a sensation at the 1939 World’s Fair. The Augusta Savage Museum & Mentoring Center was opened in her ...

The museum chronicles the region’s ties to military history, with artifacts from Indian wars, the Civil War and every ... inspired by “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” which created a sensation at the 1939 ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award winner Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before the Super Bowl on Sunday, part of a pregame lineup of artists with Louisiana ties. Ledisi has earned ...