Here's what to know about Ledisi, the Grammy award-winning singer who will sing the Black national anthem at Super Bowl 59: ...

The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.

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 ...

R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and ... “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson before being adopted ...

It was then set to music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, and adopted by the NAACP as their official song in 1919. The NFL began to incorporate the Black national anthem into its pre-game ...

In 2020, the National Football League began instituting the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as the Black National Anthem, before its football contests.

Rosamond Johnson, who set it to music ... the Black Lives Matter movement. But why — ask the naysayers — should it be sung at football games? Why not also sing the Italian national anthem ...