In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame ... Illustrated and Minute Media. Throughout his career, he has written about collegiate sports ...

The pre-game ceremonies will then conclude with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn often referred ... for the artist who is ...

But before all of that happens, we get the pregame festivities, which include time-honored traditions like the “Star-Spangled Banner” and, in recent years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” ...

Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a song ... Weldon Johnson wrote the poem and his brother Rosamond put the words to ...

Originally penned as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson before being adopted as the official ...

WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl ... having picked up his first Grammy in 2022 for featured contributions to Batiste's ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 ... poet and Broadway songwriter who spent much of his ...

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 ...