A man who woke up in the hospital unable to speak after a stroke has found his voice again – by singing Elvis Presley. Paul Perkins, 68, suffered a stroke that left him with aphasia – a language and ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...

While “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was not the only song played before “The Star ... our politics into the realm of celebratory music by suggesting that a hymn written by a Black civil rights figure ...

“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 ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...