For five years the “Black National Anthem” has been sung at the Super Bowl. Every single one of those five years, the decision to include the anthem has been a point of controversy. Some ...

The idea of there being a Black national anthem shouldn’t rub anyone the wrong way. The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first performed in 1900 and officially adopted by the NAACP ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

The idea of their being a Black national anthem shouldn't rub anyone the wrong way. The song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first performed in the year 1900 and officially adopted by the NAACP 17 ...

The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for decades, by playing the divisive Black national anthem before the Super Bowl.

Columnist Ed Pratt's notes that even though Black History Month is ending, there are plenty of Black experts on just about ...

At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events.

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), ...

All presidents like getting their picture taken with athletes. With the Trump presidencies, White House invitations have ...

TULSA ― A local historian grew up listening to the story of how her great-aunt survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by ...