"Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short Super Bowl history, but the song itself has been around ... "At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame customs. In 2021, it officially became part of the Super Bowl. While the song’s history with ...

While “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was not the only song played before “The Star Spangled Banner” on Sunday, many on social media singled out the hymn for criticism, claiming that its performance ...

In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame customs. In 2021, it officially became part of the Super Bowl. While the song’s history with the Super ...