Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

Considering how many African Americans are in the NFL, the choice of representation makes sense. We have room for other American-created anthems like the National Black Anthem. There’s no limit ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

The African American Youth Leadership Conference ... it was one heck of a trip. After Blowing the National Anthem and Disappearing, Ingrid Andress Makes a Surprise Return… Singing It Again ...

Cloud believes it’s more imperative than ever for athletes across American professional sports to speak out ... He has not played in the NFL since kneeling during the national anthem during the 2016 ...

It would soon be adopted by the NAACP as its official song.Today “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” is one of the most acclaimed songs of the African ... as the Black National Anthem.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Louisiana native Jon Batiste performed the national anthem at Super Bowl ... in Iraq and fans in the stands holding American flags accompanied Beyoncé's booming ...

Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...

The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for decades, by playing the divisive Black national anthem before the Super Bowl.

is calling on Team USA fans to be "better than that," referring to the anticipation that fans will retaliate against Canada for booing the American national anthem during the tournament.

We don’t play the Asian-American national anthem, the Muslim-American national anthem, the Indian-American national anthem, or the Native American national anthem. We don’t play the national ...