Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

Addisyn Wimberly, Miss Juneteenth DFW contestant, 17, performs during the 2025 Annual UTA Juneteenth Celebration on June 18 ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

By the Hingham Unity Council All are invited to join us this Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 4-7pm for the fifth annual ...

Yasmina Porter greets a friend as the Santa Cruz Juneteenth Choir sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the 34th Santa Cruz ...

“She’s the one who sent you all those wonderful poems,” Gwendolyn’s mother told James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” afterward dubbed the ...

The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation, named after the poet, civil rights activist, and diplomat himself, organized the performance. In an interview April 27, foundation ...

“A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the first major ... I don’t know what James Weldon Johnson thought about: I can’t speak to that. And I do see the value in taking time to recognize the ...

James Weldon Johnson and Charles C ... but supporters of giving the honor to Johnson — who was a poet, a diplomat, a civil rights leader, an educator and an attorney — said it's a ...

It was James Weldon Johnson who wrote the poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. It was his composer brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music. Both Johnsons are key figures in American ...

The Origins of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ James Weldon Johnson wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in late 1899. Johnson’s goal was to write a poem to commemorate the birthday of the 16th ...