The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans students stirred audiences. It also ...
While "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was not the only song played before "The Star Spangled Banner" on Sunday, many on social media singled out the hymn for criticism, claiming ...
Ledisi will sing the Black national anthem at Super Bowl 59, with the Grammy-winning vocalist saying: ‘I feel like I’m in ...
Author and lyricist Johnson wrote significant work at his writing cabin in Great Barrington.
On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...
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The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experienceJames Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston and Margaret Walker. In a very real sense, Dunbar is your favorite poet’s favorite ...
If Darolyn Brown was a poem, the words flowing across the page would tell the story of a young girl who grew up reading ...
By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...
Congress passes the first Fugitive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...
Black History Month is an opportunity to augment traditional written documents with visual, sonic, dramatic, and multimedia ...
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