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 ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson ... secretary at the time the hymn was written, the song was "prominently used as a rallying cry during the ...

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 decades, by playing the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred ...

The song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first performed in the year 1900 and officially adopted by the NAACP 17 years later as the Black national anthem. Since then, it has served as a strong ...

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...