For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black ... Johnson composed the music for the poem turned hymn, as James considered it. Ledisi will perform the ...

Super Bowl 59 is in the final countdown. Here is what to know about Ledisi, who will perform the Black national anthem.

John Batiste will sing the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. Will he break the record for the longest national anthem at the Super Bowl?

Around 75 people stood in the City Hall Council Chambers, singing the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the 1900 hymn by ...

The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.

Now, Harvey holds another title—director of the Greater New Orleans High School Choral Collective, a 125-student choir made ...

The Black Film Center and Archive will kick off Black History Month with a free screening of “Bad Things Happen in ...

Angela Davis led the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Monday, in which she praised pro-Palestine activists at Cornell and urged the audience to resist President Donald ...

Booker T. Washington endorsed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1905, and it became the official song of the NAACP in 1919. The ...

But before all of that happens, we get the pregame festivities, which include time-honored traditions like the “Star-Spangled Banner” and, in recent years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Just before ...

After making Super Bowl history with Kendrick Lamar in 2022, Delaware's Adam Blackstone will be back Super Bowl Sunday, but ...

Super Bowl LIX is just around the corner. Find out which artists will perform before kickoff, including the National Anthem, ...