On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...
The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for ...
During the second annual Unity Fresno Festival Concert Program held at Roosevelt High School on Feb. 15, 2015, soloist Teresa Gipson sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black National ...
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United Under One Anthem
The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for decades, by playing the divisive ...
From Beyoncé to Whitney Houston, here are the most searched Super Bowl national anthem performances since 2004, according to ...
Ledisi was backed by a choir of local high school students as she sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — the song widely regarded as the Black national anthem. The R&B singer stood spot-lit on a ...
The Meharry Gospel Choir's performance was met with roaring applause. In more than a hundred years of music at Meharry, this was a new milestone.
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 ...
Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.
Likewise the singing of the national anthem in Tamil also went out of vogue in the Tamil area schools. This was reflected to some extent in Tamil schools in the South too but several Tamil medium ...