Folks on both sides of the discussion — those who like the song and those who don't — were not happy with the NFL Thursday.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," often called the "Black national anthem," was performed at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson to honor Abraham Lincoln ...

A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's 'National Hymn Choir', performed 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. The choral ...

The James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s "National Hymn Choir" sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." NFL fans waiting for the draft to begin took it all in before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...

Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir perform 'Lift Every Voice' ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tom Pelissero discusses which quarterbacks could be drafted Day 3 of ...

The weekend begins with the annual “Lift Every Voice Concert” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at Northside Hall at Indiana University South Bend. With 59 string and wind entrants, the quarterfinal ...

The audience rose and joined the OSU African American Voices Gospel Choir to sing a rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as the Black national anthem. Unlike a typical Ohio State ...

Additionally, he was a 2023 Oscar Pope Lift Every Voice Fellowship recipient. Price is a Spring 2024 graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. You can follow ...