As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.

In just a few hours the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the field for Super Bowl LIX. The two teams ...

The Grammy winner’s live interpretation marks the fifth time the Black national anthem has been performed at the big game.

WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a ...

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year ...

Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award-winning R&B powerhouse Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX in New ...

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award-winning R&B powerhouse Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans' Caesars Superdome on Sunday, marking another historic moment for the ...

In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson penned the poem that would become the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Gaining ground as a rallying cry during the civil rights movement of the ’50s and ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.