Angela Davis led the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Monday, in which she praised pro-Palestine activists at Cornell and urged the audience to resist President Donald ...

Those songs talked about resistance, renewal and hope.” Wimberly says one of the songs that will be included in the program will be “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson and his brother ...

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ...

But before all of that happens, we get the pregame festivities, which include time-honored traditions like the “Star-Spangled Banner” and, in recent years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Just before ...

Booker T. Washington endorsed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1905, and it became the official song of the NAACP in 1919. The ...

Jacksonville will commemorate the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1900 with an upcoming week-long festival schedule for February.

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 ...