As an actress, Ledisi appeared in George Clooney’s 2008 movie “Leatherheads,” played Mahalia Jackson in Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated film, “Selma” and performed on B ...

Every morning, the kids at the Johnson Learning Center stand up and sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Andrew Young, some 70 years their senior, smiles at the image. It is the same thing he did ...

In recent years, the NFL began incorporating “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to its regular pregame customs. In 2021, it officially became part of the Super Bowl. While the song’s history with ...

Fact Check: A post shared on Threads claims that the NFL issued a ban on “Lift Every Voice and Sing ... seems to have emerged ...

Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a song considered a solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberation of Black Americans and ...

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ahead of the Super Bowl and this year the song will once again be ...

It was 125 years ago that 500 Jacksonville school children at Edwin M. Stanton School first performed “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" in celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on ...

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the Black national anthem, at the start of the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short ...