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

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

The hymn was performed at this year's Super Bowl in New Orleans by the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi, sparking backlash from prominent right-wing commentators and MAGA, including Charlie Kirk and the ...

"America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM. Why is the NFL trying to divide ... "[The song] has encouraged generations of Black people that God will lead us to the promises of life, liberty and pursuit ...

Another user claimed that “Black folks are AMERICANS” and “share the same national anthem as everyone else here.” “I just don’t see the utility of continuing to split people up by race ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

As expected, the MAGA contingent was once again BIG MAD at the Black National Anthem being sung at the Super Bowl. Will this be an annual thing, or will the Orange Menace, aka Donald Trump, sing ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) declared the song the Black National Anthem. However, it wasn’t until 2020, following protests in the wake of the murder ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to that struggle and success. Black people did not get full citizenship until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. That is why we sing the Black ...

We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE.” But “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is not about division — it’s about recognizing the suffering and hurdles Black people have ...