It’s at 11 a.m. on Sunday at Second Baptist Church on East Commerce Street, and that means La Faye Duren is in command of the church’s towering pipe organ. Clothed in a white robe with a red yoke, her ...

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. Jame’s brother John Rosamond Johnson ...

There is no charge to attend. “Lift Every Voice is the annual concert that we have to close out Black History Month,” organizer Frank Wilson said. “We invite the entire community.

A few hundred Bostonians gathered in the Strand Theatre in Dorchester on Sunday to celebrate Black History Month with “Lift Every Voice,” an event hosted by the city of Boston. The afternoon ...

“The Voice” season 27 Battles have officially begun! During the Battle Round, contestants face off against another singer from their team. After the performance, their coach decides which one ...

How far and how wide Lift Every Voice and Sing resonated was a surprise to its creator. James Weldon Johnson wrote in his 1934 autobiography that “the schoolchildren of Jacksonville kept singing the ...

“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 ...

A Wake County sheriff's deputy made his debut on NBC's "The Voice" Monday night ... Hunter, who had always loved singing, began playing the guitar. "My parents would catch me singing randomly ...

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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 ...

The State of Louisiana is locked in a legal battle over what would've been its first execution in 15 years. State officials planned to use nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman Jr. on March 18 ...