The Ouachita County Retired Teacher's Association held its Black History Program this week at the First United Methodist ...

Writer, professor and activist Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D., gave a keynote presentation at LMU in celebration of Black History Month, urging attendees to consider "radical imagination" through listening ...

By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...

Before 'The Star-Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This year, it turns 125.

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl today, sparking a frenzy on social media.

Atlanta may not be able to claim to have had as much cultural influence on Super Bowl 59 as the city did in 2024, when Usher’s record-breaking halftime performance “turned the world into the A.” ...

The Kansas City Chiefs are trying to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls as they face the Philadelphia ...

The Grammy winner’s live interpretation marks the fifth time the Black national anthem has been performed at the big game.

The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn ...

The national anthem has been involved in American sports for over a century, dating back to at least the 1918 World Series.

Lauren Daigle was joined by her fellow Louisiana native Trombone Shorty for a New Orleans-flavored take on “America the Beautiful” ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl.