Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

(Atlanta News First) - The Black National Anthem has become an important element ... His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the ...

"At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured ... Movement of the 1950s and 1960s." Calling the song the Black national anthem has led to some controversy.

Grammy-winning artist and New Orleans native Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl.

WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a ...

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

Little things — like a song ... anthem, in 1931. All of this is worth noting — because "Lift Every Voice" is sometimes discussed as if it were some ephemeral "woke" thing, dreamed up by Black ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics ... Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive secretary at the time the hymn was written, the song was ...