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.

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 ...

Another furious fan hit out, asking: 'What the hell kind of gentrified version of Lift Every Voice and Sing was that???' 'What in the hell are we watching here?? Choir singing before the Draft?,' ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national ... The group, named the National Hymn Choir, performed an abbreviated version of an arrangement by Roland Carter, a classically ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...