The Black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has sparked social media-fueled backlash in the lead-up to Sunday’s ...

A song often referred to as the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," will be performed by local artist Ledisi ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in late 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson originally started out with the goal of writing a poem to commemorate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, but shortly ...