And that includes Ledisi, who performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as "The Black National Anthem" at 2025's Super ...

Grammy-winning artist and New Orleans native Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl.

The tradition began during the first week of the 2020 season and eventually culminated with Alicia Keys' appearance at the ...

Prior to kick-off, the national anthem and black national anthem will be performed, the latter of which has been the centre ...

James Wheldon Johnson was a visionary thinker and Renaissance man whose achievements as an author, lyricist, poet, diplomat, ...

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ...

Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn originally written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in the late 1800s. This powerful anthem, set to music by his brother John ...

The song, known as the Black National Anthem, was written and composed by Jacksonville natives James Weldon Johnson and his brother J. Rosamond Johnson. The anniversary is also being celebrated as ...

In June 2024, the City of Jacksonville celebrated the official re-dedication of the Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park, which reimagined the birth site of James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson.

Free food and gifts will be provided. Around 75 people stood in the City Hall Council Chambers, singing the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the 1900 hymn by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson ...

On Saturday, March 29th, participating artists will be given all the chalk they need to create their masterpieces on the sidewalk surrounding Downtown’s James Weldon Johnson Park. Artists will ...

Finally, something worth putting your book down for! Authors and readers from around the country will gather at James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday, January 25th for the JAX Urban Book Festival.