For more than a century, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has held a powerful place in American history. The hymn is known as the Black National Anthem, but it’s more than that. It’s a history lesson, a rallying cry, a pledge of unity, and as people gather to fight for equality an...
His part of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” reflects that education and experience. The composition was done in A flat major, as CNN notes it’s a “popular expressive key seen a lot in spirituals and gospel music.” The melody is also a “word painting,” with the music ...
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They're preparing for a concert series next week at Chicago Symphony Center. The journey through Black history and Africana music begins with the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and continues with "Earth is Ghetto," a viral song by Aliah Sheffield. "I love this song, ...
Have students research the history of protest songs (e.g., “Lift Every Voice and Sing”) or the role of music in the Civil Rights Movement. Students can then write their own songs inspired by these movements. 29. Host a Black History STEM fair ...
Join us on June 15 as we celebrate Black culinary history and America's pastime, baseball. Through on-campus events, cooking demonstrations, museum theater, and exhibitions, including More Than Brave: The Life of Henry Aaron and Barbecue Nation, we highl
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” There seems to be a lot of “hoopla” over the NFL’s decision to have the “Negro National Anthem” sung before every Week 1 game. This holiday weekend is a good to revisit the history of the anthem. Here’s a post I wrote 2.5 years ago about the ...
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;” The poem was eventuallyused in graduations, churches and celebrations. James Johnson later became a leader within the NAACP—an organization that adopted the poem as its official song. “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” became pop...
Eventbrite - Ossabaw Island Foundation presents Lift Every Voice: Ossabaw/Pin Point African-American History Tour - Saturday, August 9, 2025 at Ossabaw Island, North End, Ossabaw Island, GA. Find event and ticket information.
DuBois and Marcus Garvey, as well as a piece for the 1939 New York World’s Fair inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—and the painter Lois Mailou Jones, whose 1938 painting “Les Fetiches” depicted several different types of African-style masks. Over ...