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 ...

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

In 2020, the National Football League began instituting the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as the Black National Anthem, ahead of its football contests and ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. Jame’s brother John Rosamond Johnson ...

The NAACP dubbed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the Black national anthem in 1919, more than a decade before "The Star Spangled Banner" was named the national anthem. The song quickly became a ...

Super Bowl LIX is in New Orleans this year, so many of the artists set to perform are NOLA natives. And that includes Ledisi, who performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as "The Black ...

This year’s Super Bowl featured R&B singer Ledisi performing the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” This tradition began in 2020 and has become an integral part of the NFL ...

Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...

At this year's game, R&B singer and New Orleans native Ledisi will be performing the anthem. In 2020, the National Football League began instituting the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing ...