James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.

During Donald Trump’s recent public appearance with Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S. leader declared that Gaza’s Palestinian ...

I went to turn on the NFL’s “last game of the season,” the only game I was willing to watch after having boycotted the entire 2024 season.

Jon Batiste opened Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans with a rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' kicking off a rematch between ...

Jon Batiste performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, and released new projects: ‘My United States’ and a special ...

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

President Donald Trump released a powerful statement on unity before attending Super Bowl LIX, but it seems like not everyone got the memo.

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show. It was a powerful, commanding ...

Few spotlights are bigger than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. With tens of millions of NFL fans tuning in on Sunday for Super Bowl LIX between t ...

Watch Jon Batiste perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 2025. Batiste's singing of "The Spar-Spangled Banner" was met ...

Now that he’s performing at the Super Bowl, it seems like he’s inherited a no-win situation for all the conflicted ...