As the 2026 Super Bowl began, Coco Jones took the field to sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," widely known as the Black ...
Often called the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be performed before thousands of cheering football fans at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, Feb. 12. The song holds a special place ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Brew & Barbecue returns for its ninth year at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, November 15th, from 5 pm to 10 p.m., promising an evening of food, music, and fun. Hosted by ...
It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, ...
To the editor: I have long been fascinated by James Weldon Johnson's “The Creation,” begun in 1916 and completed a decade later in Great Barrington and published in "God’s Trombones: Seven Negro ...
Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of '25 ...
Cover title: James Weldon Johnson, author. A biography of the author, civil rights leader, and co-founder of the NAACP who blazed a trail for racial equality and human rights through his songs, poems, ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — A local nonprofit will present a virtual lecture next month on civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 5, with a question-and-answer ...
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