Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979.  Also known as African American music ...

Strawbery Banke Museum, in collaboration with alumni from the old Haven School, will host its annual Flag Day Commemoration ...

Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas, has been named the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. He was the runner-up in last year’s bee and on ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the ... all people can love and find their place in the lyrics, in the harmony of the song," Jones said.

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions ... all people can love and find their place in the lyrics, in the harmony of the song," Jones said.

The lyrics of the song can be viewed here. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” resonated so strongly with people that it was hailed the “Black National Anthem.” Now that we know the history of the ...

Johnson said the ending lyrics of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" are key to understanding the difference between the usual national anthem and the Black national anthem, which she sang during an ...

Rather, it’s the residue of a pregame performance: singer Ledisi’s version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the so-called Black National Anthem. Rep. Lauren Boebert said on X that there ...

"America has only ONE National Anthem ... up by Black Lives Matter protesters the day before yesterday. It is not. "More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics excerpted ...

Tasha Cobbs Leonard's performance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' also known as the Black National Anthem, before an NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens has sparked ...

The NFL’s embrace of the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Johnson wrote the lyrics 35 years after the abolition of slavery in the United States. Black Americans still ...