The patriotic song was deeply influenced by a tragic January 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Its lyrics are rich with emotion and patriotism, where Bentley captures the beauty and pain of a nation ...

Detroit NAACP 70th Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner Calls for Urgency, Action, and Power in the Hands of the People ...

At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...

Fellows and guests gathered at the 2024 Du Bois Forum Plaque commemorating the birthsite of W.E.B. Du Bois The Du Bois Forum is plea ...

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 song and soon cherished as an anthem. In its 125th ...

From June 18 to 21, the Ritz Chamber Players performed a classical concert of all Black composers and musicians for the ...

The county adopted Juneteenth as its own holiday in 2021, the same year as its designation as a national holiday.

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

The novel calls to mind James Weldon Johnson’s 1912 novel, “Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man,” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” as well as books by Percival Everett, Paul Beatty ...

Green-Wood doesn’t have Teddy (he’s in Oyster Bay), but it’s got James Weldon Johnson, co-author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”; James Harper, publisher; F. A. O. Schwarz, toy seller ...

It's the time of year in Jacksonville for Juneteenth events, dance recitals and season finales. Here are 100-plus fun things to do.