A Democratic congressman said all Americans should stand for “The Negro National Anthem” and chided the ... He was referring to a line in the third verse — “No refuge could save the ...

a year before James became the organization’s first Black executive secretary. “The Negro National Anthem” became the “Black National Anthem,” and the rest is Black history. https ...

"The Negro National Anthem ... "The Star-Spangled Banner." The NAACP first began to promote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as the country's "Black national anthem" in 1917. Written as a plea for ...

Steele then pointed out the fact that Watts didn’t even know what it was at first, proving that ... The NAACP recognized it as the “Negro National Anthem” in 1917, and that term has since ...

This coming Sunday, at the most widely viewed sporting event in America, the Super Bowl, the National Football League will feature the singing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the song first known ...

The festivities of the day also include the national ... anthem at Super Bowl 25, which occurred during the first Gulf War. Traditionally, the anthem performance only features the first verse ...