The four-day choir-singing and dancing event centers around Estonian folk songs and patriotic anthems and is held roughly ...

The auditorium at St. Brigid’s church swelled with sound Thursday evening as more than 100 people swayed, clapped and sang ...

Marin City honored its Black ancestors, heritage and history in its ninth Juneteenth ceremony and festival on Saturday. Organizers planned an altar of flowers and family photographs at the Rocky ...

The City of Federal Way raised the Juneteenth flag for the sixth year on June 18 at City Hall. The event was kicked off by a ...

Thursday is Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States, and on Wednesday, state leaders honored the day with ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse. Leaders like ...

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

Andra Day performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at last year’s Super Bowl, following in the footsteps of recent vocalists including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Alicia Keys and Mary Mary.

Super Bowl: Ledisi Performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” With 125 New Orleans Students She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the song, which is celebrating its ...

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award winner Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before the Super Bowl on Sunday, part of a pregame lineup of artists with Louisiana ties. Ledisi has earned ...

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song ...