It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, ...

Grammy award-winning singer Ledisi, a New Orleans native, delivered a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — widely known as the Black national anthem — during the pregame ceremony at ...

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 people who ...

WASHINGTON -- "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a civil rights hymn that speaks to the faith and resilience of African Americans, was sung for the first time in 1900 at the height of segregation and ...

There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it with a ...

The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, often called the “Black National Anthem,” has been a fixture at major sporting events since 2020. That tradition is set to continue when the Kansas City Chiefs ...

Why a Black National Anthem? For folks who say that there should be one national anthem, I say, why? There is nothing wrong with having more than one national anthem. There was a time when African ...

The NFL kicked off its season Thursday with two anthems and one not-so-unifying act of disrespect. To open the season at the home of the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles, the league played its ...

Grammy award-winning actor-singer Andra Day belted out a powerful performance with "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" before Super Bowl LVIII got underway in Las Vegas on Sunday. The soul singer started the ...

Why a Black National Anthem? For white racists to say that there should be one national anthem, I say no to their argument. There is nothing wrong with having more than one national anthem. There was ...

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.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln, has been ...