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 ...

Along with McEntire, Post Malone performs "America the Beautiful," Andra Day sings "Lift Every Voice and ... ‘OK, sing it one more time.’ I said, ‘I think I know the words real good right ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Before the Chiefs and the Eagles took ...