The song is often referred to as the Black national anthem because of its historic importance to Black culture in the U.S. Reactions to the NFL's anthem plan have been mixed. For some critics ...

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.

In 2010, the dynamic duo of Trecina Atkins-Campbell and Erica Campbell recorded a rendition of the powerful ballad — also known as the “Black National Anthem” — alongside fellow gospel ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

The NFL announced on Friday that Super Bowl LVIII will feature a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is often referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” It will be sung by ...

(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 ...

Prominent supporters of Donald Trump were furious with the inclusion of the Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl ... references to the song and its lyrics and it was heard at numerous marches ...

"America has only ONE National Anthem ... up by Black Lives Matter protesters the day before yesterday. It is not. "More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics excerpted ...

Some of us have always felt in the pit of our stomach that Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a tad too, well, American-y. Fortunately, we’ve always had “Lift Every Voice ...

Rather, it’s the residue of a pregame performance: singer Ledisi’s version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the so-called Black National ... to be the “Negro National Anthem” (Notably ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Eric Burton of the Black Pumas band doesn’t appear to know the lyrics to the national anthem. Burton kicked off the World Series 2022 opener between Houston Astros ...