It was written by James Weldon Johnson, who considered the piece a hymn. James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem, was originally written ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

“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 ...

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 (1873-1954), ...

In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame customs. In 2021, it officially became part of the Super Bowl. While the song’s history with ...

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 ...

The Origins of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ James Weldon Johnson wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in late 1899. Johnson’s goal was to write a poem to commemorate the birthday of the 16th ...