“Lift Every Voice and Sing resonates because it tells others that if we are to be free, we must be communal, lifting every voice and connecting our desires on earth as well as in Heaven,” said the Rev ...

"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.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn known by many as the “Black national anthem,” was written ... It was featured in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX festivities, which coincided with the hymn’s 125th ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.