On September 16, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI attended a Roman Catholic open mass in Scotland, held at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park in front of 65,000 people, per Billboard. Boyle, a practicing Catholic, ...

WASHINGTON -- "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a civil rights hymn that speaks to the faith and resilience of African Americans, was sung for the first time in 1900 at the height of segregation and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem ...

Wartburg College student music groups have been rehearsing since classes began in September for Christmas with Wartburg concerts, Dec. 7 and 8… The series expands the traditional definition of art ...

(RNS) — House Majority Whip James Clyburn plans to introduce legislation to designate the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” long a staple in the Black community, as the country’s national hymn. “To ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has resurrected a beacon of ...