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.

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), ...

NORMAL — At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing ... written by James Weldon Johnson ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and composed by his brother John. The song was originally written as a poem and was later embraced as the National Negro ...

She said the display includes background of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem. It began as a poem written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson ...

James Weldon Johnson initially wanted to produce a poem in celebration of Abraham Lincoln ... Sharon Coon listens as the Lift Every Voice and Sing Children’s Choir performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ...

Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...

Four students from Long Cane Middle School read a poem about how the world becomes stronger ... with the singing of the Black National Anthem, James Weldon Johnson’s Lift Every Voice and Sing.