Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

As an actress, Ledisi appeared in George Clooney’s 2008 movie “Leatherheads,” played Mahalia Jackson in Ava DuVernay’s ...

Jon Batiste sang the U.S. national anthem while playing a wildly multicolored piano. He started out soft and only sprinkled only a few accents from his native New Orleans but got increasingly jazzy as ...

The revolution’s about to be televised,” Kendrick Lamar bellowed near the start of Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show. “You ...

"At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics ... Star-Spangled Banner" became America's national anthem in 1931. "In Jim Crow America, when everything was 'separate and equal,' so to speak ...

The NFL gave Kendrick Lamar the biggest platform in sports to stage an artistic protest. Like many Black Americans who took ...

People in the crowd at Super Bowl 59 seemingly booed as Taylor Swift was shown on the jumbotron at Caesars Superdome.

Rochelle Gambino, who lived in Cold Spring for nearly a decade and owned a dog grooming business on Main Street, died ...

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year ...

Jon Batiste performed 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the 2025 Super Bowl, as cameras captured President Donald Trump saluting from his box at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and Kansas City Chiefs ...

The Grammy winner performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Caesars Superdome ... several multi-colored motifs and lines — in an all-black suit with several gold pins and silver jewelry.