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  Home / National News / Howard University honors VP Kamala Harris with 49 bell tolls and 'Black national anthem' Howard University honors VP Kamala Harris with 49 bell tolls and ‘Black national anthem’ Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images By DEENA ZARU, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday morning, the bells at her alma mater — Howard University in Washington, D.C. — tolled 49 times to honor the historic moment. Harris, who is of Black and South Asian descent, became the first woman vice president and the f...

Howard University honors VP Kamala Harris with 49 bell tolls, 'Black national anthem' © Patrick Semansky/Reuters Kamala Harris is sworn in as Vice President as her spouse Doug Emhoff holds a bible during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. As Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday morning, the bells at her alma mater -- Howard University in Washington, D.C., -- tolled 49 times to honor the historic moment. Harris, who is of Black and South Asia...

Howard University honors VP Kamala Harris with 49 bell tolls and 'Black national anthem' Harris' historic inauguration has been hailed as a triumph by HBCUs. ABCNews Share: WASHINGTON -- As Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday morning, the bells at her alma mater -- Howard University in Washington, D.C., -- tolled 49 times to honor the historic moment. Harris, who is of Black and South Asian descent, became the first woman vice president and the first woman of color to hold this office after she was sworn in on Inauguration Day by Supreme Court Justic...

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 lynching. A century later, Rep. James Clyburn is introducing a bill in Congress to make it the official national hymn, alongside the national anthem. "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" has come to be known as the "Black national anthem." Meanwhile, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been widely criticized in recent years because it contains lyrics that glorify slavery. "To make it a national hymn, I think, would ...

"Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing," which came to be known as the "Black national anthem," originally was a poem written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson.