The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans students stirred audiences. It also ...

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

but the song itself has been around since 1900, when it was first performed by a choir of 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville, Florida. It was written by James Weldon Johnson, who considered the ...

The same can be said of Cleveland's jazz musicians. From ... Pittsburgh drummer James Johnson III has spent the past several years developing his songwriting style—the results of that development can ...

She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the song, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ...

Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

While the song’s history with the Super Bowl is ... The Origins of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ James Weldon Johnson wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in late 1899. Johnson’s goal ...