In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame customs. In 2021, it officially became part of the Super Bowl. While the song’s history with ...

R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ahead of the 2025 ... Louisiana. Getty Images Born Ledisi Anibade Young in Super Bowl LIX’s host city ...

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 ...

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ahead of the Super Bowl and this year the song will once again be ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," celebrating its 125th anniversary on Feb. 12, is one of only about 20 million flashpoints ...

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 ...

Several performances will be held before the massive matchup, including "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Ledisi will perform the song on the field.

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award winner Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before the Super Bowl on Sunday, part of a pregame lineup of artists with Louisiana ties. Ledisi has earned ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday. The R&B singer stood on a ...