By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

Musician Joe Watts performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” written by its downtown park's namesake James Weldon Johnson Wednesday February 12, 2025.

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

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 ...

Diddy’s Bad Boy Records in 1998, was only 18 years old when he shot a stranger, in the chest with a .40-caliber handgun near ...

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

Ledisi will sing the Black national anthem at Super Bowl 59, with the Grammy-winning vocalist saying: ‘I feel like I’m in ...

James Wheldon Johnson was a visionary thinker and Renaissance man whose achievements as an author, lyricist, poet, diplomat, ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

If Darolyn Brown was a poem, the words flowing across the page would tell the story of a young girl who grew up reading ...

I'm going to take him at his word," Johnson said. By Lexi Carson Saturday Night Live cast member James Austin Johnson ... typically get a soldier who’s a poet.” Driver’s build also matched ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...