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

The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.

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.

In 1919, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) declared the song the Black National Anthem. However, it wasn’t until 2020, following protests in the wake of the ...

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), ...

Because that is what people don’t seem to understand ... Some will argue that acknowledging the Black national anthem does not take away from the national anthem. They will say that recognizing ...

A lot of people loved it, she said ... so when I was singing the Black National Anthem, I was just like, I feel like I'm actually saying something ... and actually telling a story and making ...

Colin Kaepernick's lead in standing up against fascism, sexism, and racism. Celebrate our heroes, fight for human rights, and ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to that struggle and success. Black people did not get full citizenship until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. That is why we sing the Black ...