For the 42nd year, students put their knowledge of Black residents’ contributions and accomplishments to the test.

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.

No one will judge you,” IN UNISON director and the evening’s conductor Kevin McBeth told the audience after the show’s opening performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” “Although if ...

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), ...

PA Man Guilty Of Beating Woman To Death, Leaving Body In Motel Bathtub: State A Bucks County man has been convicted of murder in the brutal 2021 beating death of 41-year-old Helena Johnson, ...

Among those highlighted on the new game board are James Weldon Johnson Park ... Chance playing cards and Monopoly money that ensures every detail of the game pays homage to the Jacksonville ...

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.

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 ...

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” ...

“You might have the greatest voice I’ve ever heard in my life,” Michael said. “I sing that song every night in my shows, and I’ve never sung it that good.” The North Carolina native ...

Out of all the notable names that the Master of Suspense collaborated with, James Stewart is one Hollywood ... Rear Window, this is every Hitchcock and Stewart movie, ranked.