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It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...
Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...
James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a ...
Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...
“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond ...
Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...
The auditorium at St. Brigid’s church swelled with sound Thursday evening as more than 100 people swayed, clapped and sang ...
Councilman Curren Price led Wednesday’s presentation. Five years ago, he led efforts to establish Juneteenth as an official ...
Juneteenth celebrates the June 19, 1865, liberation of the last enslaved U.S. residents, found in Galveston and other areas ...
There was a lot to celebrate on Juneteenth, speakers at festivities in Marshall said Thursday. “Juneteenth is not solely a ...