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From June 18 to 21, the Ritz Chamber Players performed a classical concert of all Black composers and musicians for the Jacksonville Community.
The auditorium at St. Brigid’s church swelled with sound Thursday evening as more than 100 people swayed, clapped and sang ...
T he familiar chords strike up and the leading lady appears. She flashes a brilliant smile, presses a palm to her heart and ...
Saturday afternoon, people gathered in the shade at English Park, with lawn chairs, food and companionship, for the Black Expo’s annual Juneteenth celebration. While the afternoon was filled with ...
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 ...
In honor of Juneteenth, BYU invited the surrounding community to gather at the Helaman Fields on June 19 to foster ...
Manhattan Beach held a Juneteenth ceremony on Thursday, June 19, at Bruce’s Beach Park, honoring the day the last enslaved African American people learned they’d been freed by the Emancipation ...
A celebration on the campus of Virginia Union University Thursday morning brought together dozens to commemorate the 135th anniversary of Juneteenth in a deeply personal way.
There are a number of musical acts and performances throughout the day, with headliners DJ Drama, DJ Kid Capri, Slick Rick, ...
The smell of BBQ-slathered ribs crackling on Unc’s grill. Kids reciting all three verses of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” ...
Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...
Jordyn Diew, a student at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music who is known for singing the ...