"Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short Super Bowl history, but the song itself has been around since 1900, when it was first performed by a choir of 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Boone Mennonite Brethren Church in the Junaluska community opened its doors to the area’s religious community on Monday, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ... backed by a choir of 125 New Orleans high school students in yellow robes to ...

She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the ... Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native, was joined ...

NEW ORLEANS — Grammy Award winner Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before the Super Bowl ... it was first performed in public by a choir of 500 schoolchildren from the segregated ...

Gregory Shamus/Getty Ledisi's performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the 2025 Super ... the field accompanied by a New Orleans youth choir dressed in yellow robes.

The song was first performed for the public by a choir of 500 students from the Stanton School in Jacksonville, Fla. Booker T. Washington endorsed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” in 1905 ...