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

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 ... the official hymn of the NAACP.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grammy Award winner Andra Day, American Sign Language performer Shaheen Sanchez open Super Bowl LVIII with "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the Apple Music ...

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.