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

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), ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem ... But local historians say Johnson never intended his poem to be seen as a Black anthem, but rather a hymn for all ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short Super Bowl history ... lawyer and civil rights activist, set out to write a poem to to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday, and the piece ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... as a poem, with music ...

Additionally, the Crescent City’s own Ledisi delivered a soulful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of Super Bowl LIX. In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson penned the poem ...

Lift Every Voice and Sing has been performed at every Super Bowl ... which was initially written as a poem. The organization said it was first performed in public by a choir of 500 schoolchildren ...

This year, Grammy Award-winning artist Ledisi performed the song along with 125 New Orleans high school students to celebrate the hymn's 125th anniversary. Here's a look at the performance: ...