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Los Angeles honored Malcolm X’s 100th birthday with a street dedication and Legacy Festival, celebrating his lasting impact ...
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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 ...
Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 ... who spent much of his later years at his writing cabin ...
“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 ...
Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints ...
Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native, was joined during the pregame portion of ...
Here’s her performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” This star-studded Super Bowl will feature a halftime performance from Kendrick Lamar, who recently took home his own collection of Grammys.
WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a powerful rendition of the song often referred to as the Black national anthem.