Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation." ...

The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.

As ever with the showpiece event, the focus will not only be on the on-field drama ... performances prior to kick-off with the national anthem and black national anthem. The black national anthem ...

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But our national anthem has always stood for one thing and one thing only. Not white Americans, not Black Americans, but Americans. No matter who you are, no matter where you come from ...

That being said, I do watch the Super Bowl for cultural moments like the Black national anthem being sung. How the hell is this even a thing? What a repugnant, degenerate thing to do, to split up ...

The Black national anthem wasn’t the only part of this year’s Super Bowl ... that the present has brought us,” a portion of the lyrics read. “The dialectic of hope and agony presented ...