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 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), ...

At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events.

Because that is what people don’t seem to understand ... Some will argue that acknowledging the Black national anthem does not take away from the national anthem. They will say that recognizing ...

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 ...

Columnist Ed Pratt's notes that even though Black History Month is ending, there are plenty of Black experts on just about ...

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 ...

Because that is what people don't seem to understand ... Some will argue that acknowledging the Black national anthem does not take away from the national anthem. They will say that recognizing ...

TULSA ― A local historian grew up listening to the story of how her great-aunt survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by ...

A lot of people loved it, she said ... so when I was singing the Black National Anthem, I was just like, I feel like I'm actually saying something ... and actually telling a story and making ...

The MAGA contingent and prominent right-wing commentators were outraged at the inclusion of the Black national anthem at the Super Bowl. Newsweek has reached out to a representative for the NFL ...