Super Bowl 59 is in the final countdown. Here is what to know about Ledisi, who will perform the Black national anthem.

James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.

The tradition began during the first week of the 2020 season and eventually culminated with Alicia Keys' appearance at the ...

His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music. James Weldon Johnson referred to the work as a "National Hymn," but his work spread and was later popularized as the Black national anthem.

Ledisi is next up to tackle one of the biggest musical challenges a singer can do: perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the ...

Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the song, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ...

This powerful anthem, set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson in 1905, was adopted by the NAACP as its official song in 1919. The NFL began incorporating this Black national anthem into ...