At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...

Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is often called The Black national anthem, and was written by James Weldon Johnson as a poem and later set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson.

Continuing with inspirational poems that use the metaphor of song, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” promises better days if we can all get together and just … sing.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They’d sung it in church, learned it in school and stood for what is dubbed ...

Gospel singer BB Winans performs with the IN UNISON Chorus and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in February 2024 for the “Lift Every Voice and Sing” concert. He will return for a benefit concert for ...

As early as around age 5, Aquil Sudah recalls first becoming acquainted with the 1900 hymn written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he ...

This year’s Mx. Juneteenth will open at 11 a.m. with the first of three DJ sets followed by remarks from Ware. The Cleveland Chorale will lead festival goers in “Lift Every Voice and Sing ...

Written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson and later set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a soaring tribute to resilience and hope.

Past Auction Augusta Savage American, 1892–1962 Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp), ca. 1939 Medium metal Size 10.75 x 9.5 x 4 in. (27.3 x 24.1 x 10.2 cm.) Description ... Sale Estimate Price ...