1 day ago · The NAACP adopted the hymn as the Black national anthem in 1919 — years before the “Star Spangled Banner” became the official national anthem of the U.S. in 1931. The song was “prominently used as a rallying cry during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s,” the NAACP’s website states.

The MAGA contingent and prominent right-wing commentators were outraged at the inclusion of the Black national anthem at the Super Bowl. Newsweek has reached out to a representative for the NFL ...

5 days ago · More than a century after the NAACP adopted “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the “Black national anthem,” the song has sparked social media-fueled backlash in the lead-up to Sunday’s Super ...

6 days ago · President Donald Trump is set to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, which means he will watch a rendition of the Black national anthem. The performance of the hymn at last year's...

5 days ago · Stephen A. Smith, after months of tacking right on his political hot takes in support of Donald Trump, came out forcefully Thursday against segments of MAGA nation who’ve called for a boycott of...

3 days ago · The performance of the Black national anthem has been a source of consternation for fans since the NFL decided to inset the song before the Super Bowl to end the 2020 season.

Feb 12, 2024 · Prominent political figures such as Kari Lake and Matt Gaetz have slammed the rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black National Anthem, at Sunday's Super Bowl.

3 days ago · "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 ...

6 days ago · MAGA supporters and Republicans in particular have been calling for a boycott of the Super Bowl ... At last year's Super Bowl, Andra Day performed the black national anthem - which was met by ...

Sep 8, 2023 · ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ is a hymn written by two brothers in the early 1900s in response to the struggles faced by African Americans following Reconstruction, and the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States until 1965.