Often referred to as the Black National Anthem and composed more than a century ago, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” came along after Reconstruction, when a newly awakened black race was searching ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times – and can probably recite by heart. But how much do you really know about our national anthem? Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the ...

On Thursday, the Alabama Senate passed a bill mandating that public school students in grades K-12 recite the first stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at least once a week during school hours ...