Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian.” He attended Methodist and Baptist churches where ...

A choir of Milwaukee singers performed the song, originally named "National Hymn," to help open the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay April 24. Get daily updates on the Packers during the season.

A Milwaukee choir of diverse racial backgrounds performed the hymn at the draft. It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S.

The Black national anthem has been a mainstay for NFL events since the 2020 season, following a summer of racial tensions across the U.S. The song has been performed at Super Bowls and draft events.

The resilience, faith and purity of African American hymns come to life at the Historic Ward Rooming House with “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Presented by the Hampton Art Lovers, ...

The NFL choral rendition of the so-called 'black national anthem' at the 2025 Draft had fans seething. A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir ...

Boys. When a special bus bumped into Ripon, Wis. one afternoon last week, 20 world-famous little boys got out of it. Though they had traveled 300 wet, slippery miles from South Bend, Ind., the ...

She also knows the weight the hymn carries. “That song was written for Black people by Black people,” Knight said. Former NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson wrote “Life Every Voice and Sing ...

A choir of Milwaukee singers performed the song, originally named "National Hymn," to help open the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay last week.. The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation ...