Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

calling certain lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” — written in 1814 long before the song became the national anthem — racist and anti-Black.) Gerald Early, professor of African and ...

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the Black national anthem, at the start of the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short ...

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

The NFL has confirmed that the 'black national anthem' will be performed ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl but fans have been left ...

Among the song's lyrics is this powerful last stanza ... The Mayor’s African American Advisory Committee also will commemorate Black History Month with an event at City Hall at 10 a.m. Thursday.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...