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

James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.

Transfeminist reasons to sing a non-inclusive anthem. Let's take spaces, especially those from which we feel most excluded.

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

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

Who lip-synched the national anthem at the Super Bowl? Who had the longest performance? Who messed up the lyrics? Find out here before your Super Bowl party. NBC Universal, Inc. O say can you see ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

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