And that includes Ledisi, who performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as "The Black National Anthem" at 2025's ... Voice and Sing" was originally written as a poem in the late 19th ...

“As if we needed another reason to not watch the damn game,” wrote one. Added another: “No other sports league tries to force a “Black National Anthem” down peoples’ throats.” ...

Peretti wrote in a 2016 essay about the song featured on the Library of Congress website. The NAACP adopted the hymn as the Black national anthem in 1919 — years before the “Star Spangled ...

Earlier in the evening, R&B artist/Grammy winner Ledisi sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black national anthem, and instrumentalist Trombone Shorty and singer Lauren ...