By Christine WeertsSpecial to the Selma Times JournalThis year marks the 125th anniversary of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ...
James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.
Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.
Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at ...
Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...
Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl today, sparking a frenzy on social media.
The Grammy Award-winning performer, a Louisiana native, delivered a special rendition ahead of Super Bowl LIX.
Produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch, Love Hurts is written by Matthew Murray and helmed by JoJo Eusebio in his ...
"I want to play their favourite song... but you know they love to sue," said Kendrick Lamar, a couple of minutes into his ...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning hip hop icon performed his smash hit ‘Not Like Us’ in a playful way that suggested he was moving ...
Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste sang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off ...
Atlanta may not be able to claim to have had as much cultural influence on Super Bowl 59 as the city did in 2024, when Usher’s record-breaking halftime performance “turned the world into the A.” ...