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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.

They’d lost their power and wanted a return to normalcy. They stood back and they stood by as they carefully planned an insurrection to attempt to regain control. They turned to violence in an effort to “make America great again.” This was the case for pro-Trump rioters in 2021. It was also the case for white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, in America’s first and only successful coup d’etat. During the Reconstruction era, a...

Malcolm Gladwell Opens Up on His Love of Running, Saving Track & Field, Nike, Super Shoes, Doping, and More By LetsRun.com Back in 2013,  Malcolm Gladwell said LetsRun.com was his favorite website. Yet somehow, despite producing a weekly podcast for the last two years, we had yet to have the bestselling author and running fanatic on the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast. We decided to remedy that last week, as Gladwell — who also hosts his own popular podcast, Jonathan Gault and LetsRun.com co-founder  Weldon Johnson (Wejo) to discuss distance running’s shoe revolution, performance-enhan...

seconds -- terri sewell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. clyburn: i want to thank my colleague, representative terri sewell for her leadership in this outstanding effort, representative sewell has quickly made her mark in this institution for her tireless devotion to duty and her thoughtful approach to legislating. i am proud to join her in this effort and urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation. i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from alabama r...