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

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 ...

Columnist Ed Pratt's notes that even though Black History Month is ending, there are plenty of Black experts on just about ...

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), ...

CNY Central's Black History Month Special, "Lift Every Voice" will air on NBC3 at 7 p.m. tonight. You can watch live at this ...

Need in Deed gathered a panel of advocates and officials to discuss safety amid an avalanche of executive orders from the new president.

The music of Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and songwriter Donald Lawrence is considered contemporary. But his songs speak to what it has meant to be Black in America since we arrived.  “When ...

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 ...

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.

An annual music tradition that has grown from being held in a small church to nearly filling t Municipal Auditorium will be back this week with the 10th anniversary edition of Lift Every Voice. The ...

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