Some of us have always felt in the pit of our stomach that Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a tad too, well, American-y. Fortunately, we’ve always had “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — ...
WASHINGTON -- "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a civil rights hymn that speaks to the faith and resilience of African Americans, was sung for the first time in 1900 at the height of segregation and ...
Many know the song performed at the NFL Draft as the 'Black national anthem.' But it's so much more.
It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, ...
Nature, in her bounty, has provided an endless supply of things for the right and the left to argue about. Big things, like the annexation of Greenland. Little things — like a song. "Lift Every Voice ...
Prominent supporters of Donald Trump were furious with the inclusion of the Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl. The pre-game performances at Super Bowl LVIII included a rendition of "Lift Every ...
The lack of an enthusiastic response to the so-called Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl is drawing criticism from a member of Congress. On Monday, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) wrote on X, “Very ...
Stephen A. Smith defends Megyn Kelly after she’s called a ‘racist’ for bashing Black National Anthem
Stephen A. Smith defended Megyn Kelly after she was branded a “racist” for saying the Black National Anthem didn’t need to be sung at Super Bowl LVIII. Kelly wrote on X after Andra Day’s rendition of ...
A Democratic congressman said all Americans should stand for “The Negro National Anthem” and chided the Super Bowl audience for not doing so. Rep. Steve Cohen, a White Tennessee Democrat, looked in ...
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