A Milwaukee choir of diverse racial backgrounds performed the hymn at the draft. It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S.

A choir of Milwaukee singers performed the song, originally named "National Hymn," to help open the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay April 24. Get daily updates on the Packers during the season.

The Black national anthem has been a mainstay for NFL events since the 2020 season, following a summer of racial tensions across the U.S. The song has been performed at Super Bowls and draft events.

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian.” He attended Methodist and Baptist churches where ...

Often referred to as the Black National Anthem and composed more than a century ago, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” came along after Reconstruction, when a newly awakened black race was searching ...

The resilience, faith and purity of African American hymns come to life at the Historic Ward Rooming House with “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Presented by the Hampton Art Lovers, ...

How many straight, Black men over 50 would consider texting a bro and suggesting a big night out together at Chicago Shakespeare Theater? Not that many, would be the honest truth.

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 ...

Singer and songwriter Ledisi, with a choir of 125 New Orleans school children, performed the hymn during the pregame ceremony, along with sign language interpreter Otis Jones. Artist Otis Jones IV ...

The NFL choral rendition of the so-called 'black national anthem' at the 2025 Draft had fans seething. A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir ...

A choir of Milwaukee singers performed the song, originally named "National Hymn," to help open the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay last week.. The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation ...