The music employs word painting; for example, the melody reaches its highest note on “rise” in the first verse ... optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring ...

Alicia Keys performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is widely recognized ... to start the second half but are still seeking their first touchdown of the Super Bowl.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," written in 1900, is rooted in American history. But its performance at the NFL Draft was not ...

One of the first things one sees – the Black national ... and the other people – I don't know which one they get to sing. Maybe they'll get their own. But if there are two national anthems ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super ... the Super Bowl's first-ever pre-game poem honoring ...

As the first game of the season, there will be a lot of eyes on it and the pre-game activities. Included in the pre-game ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl ... when a taped version of Alicia Keys performing it played ahead of the big game.

Grammy Award winner Andra Day, American Sign Language performer Shaheen Sanchez open Super Bowl LVIII with "Lift Every Voice and Sing ... delivers the Super Bowl's first-ever pre-game poem ...

There might not be a more polarizing pre-event song these days than “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is also referred to as the “Black National Anthem.” The MAGA crowd tends to hate it ...

The Abbott Elementary star performed Lift Every Voice And ... by singing a verse from the song Endangered Species, featuring the lyrics: “I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim ...