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), ...

Teresa Gipson sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black National Anthem.

A moment of comedy at the beginning of t Symphony’s IN UNISON Chorus annual Black History Month concert turned into a fulfilled prophecy Friday night at Stifel Theatre. “If you thought this was the ...

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Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader at Central Middle School, performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in February as part of the school’s Black History Month celebration. Photo by Stuart Sudak Nevaeh ...

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If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love I've felt from this world and every individual ... for a role where I got to sing and speak in Spanish ...