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

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the Black national anthem, at the start of the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short ...

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), ...

The lyrics of the song can be viewed here. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” resonated so strongly with people that it was hailed the “Black National Anthem.” Now that we know the history of the ...

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.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

There's nothing angry or confrontational in the lyrics. The tone is joyful ... and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the "Black national anthem," have in common, Warfield said. They're both hard ...

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 Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... (1873-1954), wrote and composed the music and arrangements for the lyrics. American history tells us that their has always ...