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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Take a look behind the scenes as Jaguars wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. explains what it means to perform "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", the Black National Anthem, at the Ritz Theatre and Museum in ...