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

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

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

with the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi set to perform the historically significant Black national anthem. Ledisi will perform ...

with the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi set to perform the historically significant Black national anthem. Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn originally written as a poem by ...

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 ...

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl today, sparking a frenzy on social media.

Before kickoff, a handful of Louisiana natives will take to the field to perform the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem.

“This is a disgrace. There is only one national anthem—The Star-Spangled Banner,” one critic wrote in response. “Black players make up 53% of the @NFL earning millions and millions to play ...