Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

and George Walker (“Lyric for Strings”) plus settings of the classic pop songs “Here Comes the Sun,” “Stand by Me” and “What a Wonderful” and the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” ...

Cherry Street Music, the chamber music program of The Allen Center presents Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Musical ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“And having journalism, writing, podcasting and all the things we offer [is] a way of just validating your inner voice.” Teens in Print encourages its participants to tell stories that matter to them ...

The ceremony ended with the hymn, whose words were written by the great Black poet James Weldon Johnson, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," sung altogether by everyone in attendance.