Super Bowl LIX is obviously about the high-stakes matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. But it’s also about much, much more. The Super Bowl is a sporting event, sure. However ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph stole the show prior to Super Bowl LVII with an impassioned performance of the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” but not everyone was a fan. On Sunday, the “Abbott Elementary” and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, will be performed at the Super Bowl for the fourth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a century after "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was adopted as the "Black national anthem," Andra Day will perform it to ...

In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson wrote a hymn, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” in celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, with music composed by his brother John Rosamond Johnson.

Spring Cove District administrators removed the "Lift Every Voice and Sing" hymn from the concert to maintain order at the event. A decision by the Spring Cove School District in Pennsylvania to ...

Grammy and Golden Globe winner Andra Day will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, a distance of a century-plus and thousands of miles from where it was first performed.

Those who tuned in early on Super Bowl Sunday heard a musical plea for unity and resilience that echoed with a Berkshire connection. Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have ...

Written as a hymn for Black middle schoolers, the song’s celebration of resilient faith still resonates. I was in elementary school when I learned the words to all three verses of “Lift Every Voice ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, will be performed at the Super Bowl for the fourth time in a row, the latest legacy of the traditional song. "For me, it's ...