The NFL announced that R&B singer Andra Day will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Super Bowl. That announcement did not garner too many reactions until it was also referred to as something else.
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is also known to some as the Black national anthem. The song is played before the National Anthem and is not always televised to the viewing audiences across the nation.
The NFL started to play the Black national anthem in the 2020 season following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers who have since been convicted of their crimes.
The incident started a wave of actions against racial injustice across the U.S.
Following the announcement, many took to social media and complained about the song being played at the Super Bowl.
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Performing the song will be RnB singer Andra Day, who is best known for her triple-platinum song “Rise Up.”
Day shared her excitement at “performing the anthem” at the event.
“Peace & Blessings!!! Performing the Anthem at the SuperBowl yall! Grateful! Thank You God,” Day told her more than 300,000 X followers.
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is widely considered to be the Black national anthem. The NAACP began to promote it as such in 1917.
In 1919, the song was dubbed the “Negro national anthem” by the NAACP and went on to be commonly called the “Black national anthem,” NPR reported.
