From its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has evolved into the unofficial black ...

Which one do the Hispanics and the Asians and the other people – I don't know which one they get to sing. Maybe they'll get their own. But if there are two national anthems, that means that ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as a poem by then NAACP leader James Weldon ...

There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Before the Chiefs and the Eagles took ...

Emmy Award Winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, American Sign Language performer Justina Miles open Super Bowl LVII with "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the Apple Music ...

A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir', performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. The choral ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the ...

Read full article: ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing’ performed at Super Bowl exactly 123 years after song first debuted in Jacksonville Actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph helped kick off Super ...

Along with McEntire, Post Malone performs "America the Beautiful," Andra Day sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.