"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln ...

The NFL trotted out a choir to sing the song and … well, it seems, just about everyone wasn’t happy with what they saw. “‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sung by a bunch of white folks?” ...

God I miss the days when the NFL Draft was just the NFL Draft.' The performance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' ahead of the Super Bowl in February had also sparked headlines. Ledisi's ...

The James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s "National Hymn Choir" sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." NFL fans waiting for the draft to begin took it all in before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...

"If you want people to stand up, the NFL or whomever should play 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' and Black people will naturally stand up," Jones said he joked to an NFL executive at the time.

Most performances are at the NFL Draft Theater ... A Wisconsin-based youth choir will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Redding. Singer-songwriter Stephen ...

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of ...

Fans of all 32 NFL teams will celebrate their teams ... 4 p.m. A Wisconsin-based youth choir will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Redding.

The NFL recently announced that Milwaukee-based choir members from the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir' will sing "Lift Every Voice," directed by Ben Bedroske, and singer ...