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There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln ...
A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir', performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. The choral ...
The James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s "National Hymn Choir" sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." NFL fans waiting for the draft to begin took it all in before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...
It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. A Wisconsin-based youth choir will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Redding. Singer-songwriter ...
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The museum chronicles the region’s ties to military history, with artifacts from Indian wars, the Civil War and every engagement ... inspired by “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” which created ...
The NFL gave fans contrasting musical arrangements for its opening ceremony, with a rousing version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” performed by a choir before a relatively spare rendition of ...
The Live Album where she sang Lift Every Voice and Sing at just seven years old. And let’s not forget, she made Grammy history as the youngest individually credited winner for her work on Brown ...
According to Hank Shocklee, of the group’s production team, The Bomb Squad: “Spike’s original idea was to have [us] do a hip-hop version of “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” a spiritual.