"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 ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the ... in a billowing white dress, backed by a choir of 125 New Orleans high school students ...

She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the song ... on Sunday to deliver a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Ledisi, a New Orleans native ...

A choir of local high school students accompanied Ledisi as she performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing", a piece that is considered the African-American national anthem. There was one more who asked ...

[RELATED: The Pursuant Power of the Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”] Students from at least 10 New Orleans-area high school choirs joined Ledisi on the field at Caesars ...

Lift Every Voice and Sing has been performed at every Super Bowl since 2021. Last year, Andra Day performed it ahead of the 2024 championship game. Ledisi was backed by a choir of local high schoo ...