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From June 18 to 21, the Ritz Chamber Players performed a classical concert of all Black composers and musicians for the ...
Thus, he was pleasantly surprised to watch his alma mater’s Wind ensemble perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at his job on June 12, in what he called “a full circle moment” during the Museum of the ...
Dodgers fans have grown frustrated over the team’s lack of vocal support for local immigrant communities impacted by the rise ...
Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...
It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln, has ...
The Black national anthem has been a mainstay for NFL events since the 2020 season, ... Ledisi, a Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, ...
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 ...
For five years the “Black National Anthem” has been sung at the Super Bowl. Every single one of those five years, the decision to include the anthem has been a point of controversy.
Rather, it’s the residue of a pregame performance: singer Ledisi’s version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the so-called Black National Anthem. Rep. Lauren Boebert said on X that there is ...
Grammy award-winning singer Ledisi, a New Orleans native, delivered a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — widely known as the Black national anthem — during the pregame ceremony at ...
Grammy award-winning singer Ledisi, a New Orleans native, delivered a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — widely known as the Black national anthem — during the pregame ...