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

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

Atlanta may not be able to claim to have had as much cultural influence on Super Bowl 59 as the city did in 2024, when Usher’s record-breaking halftime performance “turned the world into the A.” ...

WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a ...

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The song, heard at student assemblies or choral recitals, is often known as the “Black national anthem.” But, at the Washington National Cathedral, Black History Month kicks off with “Onward ...

Meet Carter Cofield and George Acheampong; they are behind Melanin Money, which seeks to empower the Black community towards achieving financial freedom and equity. The overall aim is “create ...

Idaho Today celebrates Black History Month with members from the Idaho Black Community Alliance.

Vocalist Vanessa Thomas, based in Lawrence, Kansas, has sung the national anthem many times throughout her decades-long career. At 14, she sang for 2,500 people at her hometown fireworks ...

Recovery operations continued into Friday after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on ...