Jacksonville celebrates 125th anniversary of 'Black National Anthem' and native sons
On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...
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Georgia native establishes first Black-owned record label in 1921
Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.
MAGA Fans Are Enraged By The Black National Anthem — But They're Missing This Glaring Point
Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.
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Williams: The revolution was televised. Did you see it?
Kendrick Lamar's performance came two days after Trump announced his plans to take over the Kennedy Center for the Performing ...
Letter to the editor: One America, one anthem
I went to turn on the NFL’s “last game of the season,” the only game I was willing to watch after having boycotted the entire 2024 season.
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Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended
The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans students stirred audiences. It also ...
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MAGA Contingent Clutches Racist Pearls After Ledisi Performs Black National Anthem At Super Bowl LIX, Black Xitter Loved Seeing Them BIG MAD
As expected, the MAGA contingent was once again BIG MAD at the Black National Anthem being sung at the Super Bowl.
Did you hear the 'Black national anthem' during the Super Bowl? It's celebrating 125 years
Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...
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NFL’s divisive ‘Black National Anthem’ mars Super Bowl unity, ‘actual’ national anthem ‘reboot’ raised eyebrows too
President Donald Trump released a powerful statement on unity before attending Super Bowl LIX, but it seems like not everyone got the memo.
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Ledisi sings Black National Anthem at Super Bowl LIX
Photo courtesy of Roland JackThis year's Super Bowl featured R&B singer Ledisi performing the Black National Anthem, "Lift ...
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Produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch, Love Hurts is written by Matthew Murray and helmed by JoJo Eusebio in his ...
MAGA Outraged by Super Bowl Black National Anthem Performance
The hymn was performed at this year's Super Bowl in New Orleans by the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi, sparking backlash from prominent right-wing commentators and MAGA, including Charlie Kirk and the ...