As Black Music Month continues, Arkansas artists reflect on the state’s genre-defying talent, strong community, and creative collaboration that fuels a legacy.

Thus, he was pleasantly surprised to watch his alma mater’s Wind ensemble perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at his job on June 12, in what he called “a full circle moment” during the Museum of the ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...

It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...

With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

Pastor Mike Jr. could set a new record for Artist of the Year wins at the 40th Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Nashville.

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Pastor Mike Jr. and Jason Nelson are the top nominees for the 40th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, with nine nods each.

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The most popular hymn in America is shrouded in mystery, as oddly no one knows who originally composed it all those years ago . Find out the story here.