The Thomas R. Proctor High School's 2025 commencement ceremony was held last Friday, June 25, 2025 at The Adirondack Bank ...

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How is Kristin Chenoweth, iconic Broadway diva best known for originating G(a)linda in Wicked, facing allegations of a bad ...

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 ...

The City of Federal Way raised the Juneteenth flag for the sixth year on June 18 at City Hall. The event was kicked off by a ...

Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...

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

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, adopted the hymn as its official song in 1919. Soon, people began referring to it as the "Black national anthem" or "Negro ...

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

For five years the “Black National Anthem” has been sung at the Super Bowl. Every single one of those five years, the decision to include the anthem has been a point of controversy.

Rather, it’s the residue of a pregame performance: singer Ledisi’s version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the so-called Black National Anthem. Rep.