Ahead of Super Bowl 59, here is everything you need to know about the black national anthem. Written in late 1899 by scholar and poet James Weldon Johnson, ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ was ...

Ledisi Also known as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing will be performed by singer Ledisi at Super Bowl LIX. Ledisi is a Grammy award-winning vocalist but has also had a ...

Kicking off proceedings at the Super Bowl with a spine-tingling performance of Lift Every Voice And Sing, a song which is widely known as the Black national anthem. Ralph became the first Black ...

Jon Batiste performing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images ... performed the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” ...