WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning musician Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the 2025 Super Bowl, delivering a powerful rendition of the song often referred to as the Black national anthem.

The Grammy-winning vocalist performed a stirring rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as “The Black National Anthem.” Ledisi, donning an all-white ensemble ...

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

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

Last year, Andra Day sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in Las Vegas before Super Bowl 58. Ledisi will perform the Black national anthem prior to the game, which will also include Jon Batiste ...

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.

After her Super Bowl performance, Ledisi announced she will be hitting the road with former Floetry front woman Marsha Ambrosius for her "Love You Too" tour. The two vocalists will perform in ...

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), ...

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 ...

During Sunday's Super Bowl LIX pregame show, soul and jazz singer Ledisi demonstrated a mastery over her talent, her rendering of the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" wowing the ...

A moment of comedy at the beginning of t Symphony’s IN UNISON Chorus annual Black History Month concert turned into a fulfilled prophecy Friday night at Stifel Theatre. “If you thought this was the ...