As an actress, Ledisi appeared in George Clooney’s 2008 movie “Leatherheads,” played Mahalia Jackson in Ava DuVernay’s ...

As she took the stage in her hometown of New Orleans, Ledisi delivered a soul-stirring rendition of “Lift Every Voice and ...

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 ...

The 52-year-old sang while dressed all in white and assisted by a choir of 125 high school students from New Orleans.

(Gray News) - R&B singer Ledisi led the opening of the 2025 Super ... The 52-year-old sang while dressed all in white and was assisted by a choir of 125 high school students from New Orleans.

The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

(Gray News) - R&B singer Ledisi led the opening of the 2025 Super ... The 52-year-old sang while dressed all in white and was assisted by a choir of 125 high school students from New Orleans.