There will be multiple songs performed, including "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is commonly referred to as the Black National Anthem. The NFL has made an official decision on the song for ...

declared the song the Black National Anthem. However, it wasn’t until 2020, following protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, that the NFL incorporated the anthem into its pre-game ...

The performance of the Black national anthem has been a source of consternation for fans since the NFL decided to inset the song before the Super Bowl to end the 2020 season. Fans were unhappy ...

As NFL players and owners push back ... author Marc Ferris’ cultural history of the anthem. But the song wasn’t actually adopted as the national anthem until 1931.