Ahead of Super Bowl 59, here is everything you need to know about the black national anthem. Written in late 1899 by scholar ...

Before the Chiefs and the 49ers took the field, Day belted out the uplifting gospel song, which is commonly known as the Black national anthem and was originally written as a poem by NAACP leader ...

NORMAL — At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events. Johnson, a ...

The NFL has a new national anthem, or at least a rival to the old one. According to reports last week, the NFL will play “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as the black national ...

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 ...

calling certain lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” — written in 1814 long before the song became the national anthem — racist and anti-Black.) Gerald Early, professor of African and ...

The New Orleans native sang the song, otherwise known as the Black national anthem, at the Caesars Superdome as fans anticipated the kickoff for the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and ...

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 ...