These repetitions reveal a harrowing truth. Such a portrait is timeless as long as racial inequality far too frequently sinks life and chances of life in this country. And despite the shrill denials ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson ... But local historians say Johnson never intended his poem to be seen as ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice ... James Weldon Johnson as a poem ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also ... which was initially written as a poem. The organization said it was first performed in ...