Even though many rights for black Americans had been swept away by Jim Crow laws, the first stanza’s lyrics are surprisingly optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring ...

The Black National Anthem – “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – is a hymn written as ... and composed the music and arrangements ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national ... it should be a song that all people can love and find their place in the lyrics, in the harmony of the song," Jones said.

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl LIX. Watch Kendrick Lamar's full performance of the ...