Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste sang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off ...

As a sign of the deteriorating relationship between the two nations, fans again booed a pre-game rendition of the "Star ...

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

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year ...

The 7-time Grammy winner, who wrote music for the Pixar film 'Soul' and was the former bandleader for 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' said he will be thinking of his late grandfather during his ...

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

Following the lineup announcement in November 2024, the New Orleans-born artist wrote on Instagram that she is "honored" to sing the Black national anthem. Ledisi will join a small cohort of ...

It was written by James Weldon Johnson, who considered the piece a hymn. James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem, was originally written ...

The New Orleans native should bring rich musicality and innovation to the anthem. The over-under is set at 120.5 seconds.