In its fourth year at the Levitt, the free event will feature live music, food trucks and vendors while noting an important ...

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hot Corner Festival, this year's festivities are scheduled to begin on Monday, ...

The friends and family of 282 graduating students at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute celebrated the class of 2025 commencement at a ceremony on Manning Field Thursday afternoon. “My dream is to ...

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hot Corner Festival, this year's festivities are scheduled to begin on Monday, ...

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest had a seriously dramatic finish – one that probably gave organisers a minor heart attack. Following another year in which this strenuously non-political event was ...

Jones, however, emphasized that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was written and popularized decades before "The Star-Spangled Banner" became America's national anthem in 1931. "In Jim Crow America ...

While “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was not the only song played before “The Star Spangled Banner” on Sunday, many on social media singled out the hymn for criticism, claiming that its performance ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem ... social media had erupted in controversy over the song being performed before "The Star-Spangled Banner," with some ...

That means "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was already widely known by 1918. It was dubbed "The Negro National Anthem" by the NAACP in 1919. Which is 12 years before "The Star-Spangled Banner" was ...

R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... “The Star Spangled Banner.” Lauren Daigle and Trombone Shorty also will sing “America the ...

A song often referred to as the Black national anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, will be performed by ... ahead of the US national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner sung by Jon Batiste and America ...

But before all of that happens, we get the pregame festivities, which include time-honored traditions like the “Star-Spangled Banner” and, in recent years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” ...