The Black national anthem has been a mainstay for NFL events since the 2020 season, following a summer of racial tensions across the U.S. The song has been performed at Super Bowls and draft events.

For five years the “Black National Anthem” has been sung at the Super Bowl. Every single one of those five years, the decision to include the anthem has been a point of controversy.

What is the Black national anthem and why is it important? "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" was originally written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson, but his brother J. Rosamond, turned it into music ...

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, one of the most powerful Black members of Congress, proposed a bill in 2021 to make "Lift Every Voice and Sing" the official national hymn of the U.S.

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

Black people did not get full citizenship until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. That is why we sing the Black National Anthem, in order to remember and not forget this struggle.