Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

For five years the “Black National Anthem” has been sung at the Super Bowl. Every single one of those five years, the decision to include the anthem has been a point of controversy. Some ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

Meanwhile, there is one thing that "The Star-Spangled Banner," the U.S. national anthem, and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the "Black national anthem," have in common, Warfield said. They're both ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for decades, by playing the divisive Black national anthem before the Super Bowl.

Columnist Ed Pratt's notes that even though Black History Month is ending, there are plenty of Black experts on just about ...

At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events.

Grammy award-winning singer Ledisi, a New Orleans native, delivered a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — widely known as the Black national anthem — during the pregame ...

TULSA ― A local historian grew up listening to the story of how her great-aunt survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by ...

For the 42nd year, students put their knowledge of Black residents’ contributions and accomplishments to the test.