‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’

JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Wrote about the Black national anthem. In recent weeks, countless rallies were held from D.C. to Seattle with arm-locked protesters of different races reciting the song’s lyrics while marching against police brutality of unarmed Black people.

The demonstrations throughout the U.S. were ignited by the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes.JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer