The committee headed by Wijeratne considered “Namo Namo Matha” and some other lyrics and decided that Samarakoon’s song should be the national anthem. Sir EAP Wijeratne then presented a ...

"America has only ONE National Anthem, and that Anthem is color blind ... "More than a century later, we routinely see snippets of the lyrics excerpted as titles for books, museum exhibitions ...

Jon Batiste, the multi-talented musician known for his impressive career including an Academy Award and five Grammys, will perform the national anthem at Super Bowl LIX. With a background in ...

Singer Ledisi performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is widely known as the Black national anthem, at the start of the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has a short ...

Ledisi, who is a Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter, delivered her rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the ...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson. The hymn is also known as "The Black National Anthem." According to the NAACP, where Johnson served as executive ...

Before the game even starts, we will have the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice" performed on the field. This year, music legend Jon Batiste will perform the "Star ...

“To sing this song is to revive that past — but also to recognize, as the lyrics of the song reveal, that there is a hopeful future that might come of it.” Redmond later added that the U.S. national ...

(Atlanta News First) - The Black National Anthem has become an important element for the National ... His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 ...

(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) TNS Louisiana native and five-time Grammy award winner Jon Batiste will perform the national anthem ahead of Sunday’s Chiefs ...