Here's what to know about Ledisi, the Grammy award-winning singer who will sing the Black national anthem at Super Bowl 59: ...
In a striking white gown and backed by a New Orleans youth choir, The Root 100 honoree brought the house down with her out-of ...
Last year, Andra Day sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in Las Vegas before Super Bowl 58. This year, Ledisi will perform the Black national anthem in a pregame show that will also include Jon ...
Though it's been performed for years, conservatives got worked into lather Sunday over Ledisi's performance of 'Lift Every ...
The NFL has an impressive starting lineup to officially kick off the action, with the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi set to perform the historically significant Black national anthem. Ledisi will ...
"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year in a row Sunday. This year, Grammy winner Ledisi was given the honor ...
Others on X enjoyed the inclusion of the song, with one user commenting: "I'm happy to see the Black National Anthem being ...
Prior to kick-off, the national anthem ... sung by 500 black students at a segregated school run by Johnson, soon bloomed in popularity and spread across the country. Andra Day performed Lift ...
At this year's game, R&B singer and New Orleans native Ledisi will be performing the anthem. In 2020, the National Football League began instituting the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing ...
NFL fans are voicing their outrage and calling for a Super Bowl boycott after news broke that “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the “Black national anthem,” will be performed before ...