James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...

Juneteenth, which is officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated ...

Clad in a striking peach outfit color-coordinated right down to her fingernails and taking no prisoners, Vallejo's first poet laureate blasted out her poem "Galveston" at the Juneteenth flag-raising ...

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.

The complete freeing of slaves in the United States didn’t happen when many think it did. Juneteenth will help Americans ...

It just reminds us of freedom that was not given to all at once, but fought for over time with courage, with determination ...

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

The sole survivor of the Air India crash carried the coffin of his brother, who was among those killed in the disaster, on ...

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

Cambodia on Monday has said it would stop importing Thai fruits and vegetables if Thailand refused to lift border ...