As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner” during times of stress in our racial politics.

In 1939, Anderson gave a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. She delivered "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "America" with heart-breaking pathos.

TikTok star Rob Anderson made a viral children's book based on Fergie's, 46, questionable rendition of the National Anthem during the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.

The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Leepson: In the first line, Key uses “freemen,” and three lines later, he uses “us.” ...

Exhilarating, glorious, lung-busting: There are countless words that capture Whitney Houston’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which the late singer performed 30 years ago, at Super ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom,” said Brent D. Glass, the museum’s then-director, in 2007.

Marian Anderson recording at Webster Hall with her accompanist Franz Rupp in August 1961. ... In 1961, she sang The Star-Spangled Banner at President Kennedy's inauguration. "Trampin' " ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” ...

Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939.

Marian Anderson recording at Webster Hall with her accompanist Franz Rupp in August 1961. ... In 1961, she sang The Star-Spangled Banner at President Kennedy's inauguration. "Trampin' " ...