JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Music and vibes are returning to Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park on Sept. 14 for the Pop-Out live concert series finale. Odd Rod is a spoken word artist who will be performing ...
Singer Laurin Talese responded after her rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ruffled some feathers to kick off the 2025 NFL season. Talese, 43, performed the song, often referred to as the Black ...
The 2025 Super Bowl pre-game show will kick off the match between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl 2025 will kick off with performances by three powerhouse vocalists — and a ...
At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They’d sung it in church, learned it in school and stood for what is dubbed the ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln, has been ...
There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it with a ...
Why a Black National Anthem? For folks who say that there should be one national anthem, I say, why? There is nothing wrong with having more than one national anthem. There was a time when African ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — It is a hymn once sung by Black servicemen on the war front, but is now a staple of pregame Super Bowl ceremonies — sparking controversy for some and feelings of resilience for ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a song considered a solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberation of Black ...
Nature, in her bounty, has provided an endless supply of things for the right and the left to argue about. Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice ...
Ledisi, a Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as part of Super Bowl LIX’s pregame festivities. The New Orleans native sang the song, otherwise known as the ...