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.” ...
WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a ...
The national anthem famously has a range of over an octave and a half, which is a challenge for many amateur singers. Start too high, and you’ll rue it in the second part of the song.
With the Big Game right around the corner, we’re going to take a look back at the country artists who have performed the national anthem at the Super Bowl over the years. Every NFL game starts ...
Who lip-synched the national anthem at the Super Bowl? Who had the longest performance? Who messed up the lyrics? Find out here before your Super Bowl party. NBC Universal, Inc. O say can you see ...