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 ...

“(Johnson) called it a national hymn,” Jones said. “He was prescient enough to know an anthem could be a roadblock our cause for consternation today.” Jones says the time is right to advocate that ...

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 story of the first eleven women ordained as Episcopal priests ... nuns and priests in the civil rights movement. (Marchers sing a gospel song) My dad was still working at the Pentagon and ...

Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...

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.

The Red Back Hymnal Singing returned to the Hullander Farm in Apison Sunday night. It was a special evening as Cleveland, Tn.

“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 ...

“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 ...

Imagine strangers standing and singing hymns together in this fractured political age, but that's what they did when Garrison ...