Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

Atlanta may not be able to claim to have had as much cultural influence on Super Bowl 59 as the city did in 2024, when Usher’s record-breaking halftime performance “turned the world into the A.” ...

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Ledisi will perform the Black national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. For the fifth ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" delivering a powerful rendition NAACP ...

Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version incorrectly attributed the lyrics "the land of the free" to the Canadian national anthem. That reference has been removed.

But music’s biggest stage will also feature award-winning artists performing the national anthem, “America the Beautiful” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Black national anthem.