In 2018, NFL owners unanimously approved a national anthem policy mandating players to stand if they are on the field for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." However, since then ...

After acknowledging for the first time this summer it previously mishandled player protests during the national anthem, the NFL decided to play "Lift Every Voice And Sing" before every Week 1 ...

Before the Tennessee Titans officially selected Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Black national anthem was performed on stage in Green Bay. The James Weldon ...

Before the 2025 NFL Draft kicked off at Lambeau Field, country singer Stephen Wilson Jr. performed the national anthem. Wilson, who was raised in Indiana, has carved out a successful career as a ...

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 ...

The NFL will continue trying to disunite America by featuring two separate “anthems” to begin the Super Bowl. Our country has only one national anthem, which speaks for all its citizens.

The NFL buzzword last weekend, in the wake of President Trump's comments regarding national anthem protests, was "unity." We heard that word time after time Sunday from teams and individuals ...

The NFL plans to make “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — often referred to as the Black national anthem — a permanent fixture before all major league events this coming season, according to ...