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 ...

What is 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'? "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 ...

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

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Musician Joe Watts performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” written by its downtown park's namesake James Weldon Johnson during Wednesday's commemoration ...

In honor of Black History Month, the Munday Library along with the Coalition for Black Faculty and Staff hosted a Read-In ...

Columbus City Council forged ahead with celebrating Black History Month and Poindexter Award winners despite 'rancor and ...

There will be a special choral prayer service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, commemorating the Rev. Absalom Jones, who was born into slavery and became the first African ...

The Boone Mennonite Brethren Church in the Junaluska community opened its doors to the area’s religious community on Monday, ...

A celebration of Frederick Douglass comes as many worry Trump will turn back the clock on diversity and inclusion ...

ASHLAND The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center is marking Black History Month with an exhibit, which will run through the ...