that is the beauty of the art," he added. "That's the beauty of the poem." "Lift every voice and sing" begins the song. But when Johnson originally wrote the poem, he intended to celebrate the ...

No one will judge you,” IN UNISON director and the evening’s conductor Kevin McBeth told the audience after the show’s opening performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” “Although if ...

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 ...

art and entertainment that will led by students. Multiple arrangements of Lift Every Voice and Sing will be performed before both Friday’s and Saturday’s events inside the Dubow Theatre on campus.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” symbolizes both civil advocacy and a treasured history of art justice still seen among religious figures today. Joyce Garrett, director of Music and Worship Arts at the ...

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 ... “As an artist, he is not constrained by color, his art is not constrained by a construction of race.” While some ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday. The R&B singer stood on a ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native ...

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 ...