The two anthems sung at the Super Bowl — “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — remind us that we really can stand shoulder to shoulder as citizens. BostonGlobe.com by Celine Boyle February 14, 2024

For the creator of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ the intention was to create a hymn.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, second from right, stood with teammates during a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before a home game on Sept. 7.

Over the years, James Weldon Johnson’s “Five Acres” estate somehow lost around three of its acres.

GREAT BARRINGTON — Over the years, James Weldon Johnson’s “Five Acres” estate somehow lost around three of its acres.

The rain, wind, and waves that threatened to cancel the broad array of Juneteenth weekend programs conjured up the innovation, determination, ingenuity, and sacrifices that our ancestors deployed against almost intolerable living conditions in slavery and that still prevailed in Texas until Major General Gordon Granger freed them on June 18, 1865.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) testified at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing on his proposed legislation, H.R. 301, which would designate the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as a national hymn.

Patrick Eugène, a 2018 James Weldon Johnson Fellowship in the Arts recipient.

“Lift their voices”. Statement from President Joe Biden on Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers for Acting on Gun Safety.

The Berkshire Edge re-published and posted an article about “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and made a few adjustments to anchor the story in Great Barrington.

For all of the discussion surrounding the legitimacy, importance, and value of the song we know as Lift Every Voice and Sing, there is still so much more we do not know.

The pageantry of the Super Bowl extends well beyond the game itself, from the commercials to the halftime show and the pregame performances. And in recent years, the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has become part of the tradition of the big game.

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with an incredible rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing". #SBLVII

The 66-year-old actor-singer hit the Super Bowl stage as part of the list of other pregame performances including country music star Chris Stapleton, who will sing the national anthem, and R&B singer Babyface who will perform “America the Beautiful.”

The Emmy Award-winning Abbott Elementary star and Tony Award winner will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of kickoff at Super Bowl LVII between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.

Actress, director, and singer Phylicia Rashad recites James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as part of LIFT EVERY VOICE

As we celebrate football’s return, I wanted to share some background on the spiritual song “Lift Every Voice And Sing” that you’ll see during the pageantry of the 2020 NFL Kickoff weekend.

So, what is the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" that they are singing at the Super Bowl?

A memorial to James Weldon Johnson in Wiscasset, where the poet-civil rights advocate died, took about nine years of off and on talks among clergy, townspeople, local and state officials and others.

James Weldon Johnson was NYU’s first Black professor, but he is notable for so many other accomplishments including civil rights activist, writer, composer, politician, educator, lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the creation and development of the Harlem Renaissance.