Folks on both sides of the discussion — those who like the song and those who don't — were not happy with the NFL Thursday.

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

In the 1950s and ’60s, it became associated with the civil-rights movement, though it was eclipsed by the gospel song “We ... optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ...

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 ...

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 ... singing this made-up song and you see all these other people of ...

The song last appeared at the Super Bowl in ... Walter wrote on Twitter that Ralph was the "perfect person" to sing "Lift Every Voice," and that she was "so proud." Dawn Robinson Insists She's ...

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 ...