Fanny Crosby was a well-known American hymn writer who lived in the 19th century. Though she lost her eyesight as a baby, she never let blindness stop her from living a full life. She wrote over 8,000 ...

Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) gave the United States — and the world — some of the most inspirational words ever written. She penned "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in November 1861, during a wartime ...

Here’s one thing Presidents Bush and Obama have in common: both had the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” featured at key points in their presidencies. But how did a song with such clear sectional roots ...

The opening of the hymn is based on Luke 24:29, “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”, while the penultimate verse draws on 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is thy ...

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rose to speak in support of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. "I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised ...

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 ...