With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit has some suggestion for bands and musicians to see on the second Saturday ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873 ...

Since 2021, pregame ceremonies for football’s biggest night have included a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn penned in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a civil rights ...

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written in 1899 by James Weldon Johnson, who later bought a home and writing cabin off Alford Road in Great ...

Ledisi performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during the Super Bowl LIX pregame at Caesars Superdome. (Image via Getty/Cindy Ord) Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered ...

R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ahead of the 2025 ... Louisiana. Getty Images Born Ledisi Anibade Young in Super Bowl LIX’s host city ...

The pre-game ceremonies will then conclude with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn often referred ... which earned her a nomination at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards.

(Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for The Root ) Ledisi was initially part ... Known as the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a hymn originally written as a poem by NAACP leader ...

The Grammy winner's live interpretation marks the fifth time the Black national anthem has been performed at the big game. By Gail Mitchell Update (Feb. 11): In the wake of her Super Bowl LIX pre ...