Black National Anthem Performance at Super Bowl Stirs Debate on Social Media

The NFL’s pre-Super Bowl festivities For the third year in a row, the league will perform the Black national song. Even though the league had already “Lift Every Voice and Sing” The inclusion of the song has been on the agenda for weeks. This sparked debate on social media.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is the star of the comedy show. “Abbott Elementary,” The song will be performed at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona. 

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Sheryl Lee Ralph attends 12th Annual NFL Honors at Symphony Hall, February 9, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Country music stars Chris Stapleton Babyface, a R&B singer, will sing the National Anthem. “America the Beautiful.”

It was the inclusion “Lift Every Voice and Sing” This had NFL fans talking on Sunday morning.

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“Lift Every Voice and Sing” It was played prior to Super Bowl LV, and the draft in April 2021. Mary Mary sang it ahead of last year’s Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals.

LA Rams players stand for “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Super Bowl LVI will be played against the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium Inglewood (California) on February 13, 2022. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The saying “End Racism” It is painted in the end zone of the Chiefs stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 10, 2020. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

After George Floyd’s death at the hands Minneapolis police officers, the NFL began to play the Black national song in 2020. This incident sparked a series of protests against racial injustice in the United States.

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“Lift Every Voice and Sing” it is widely considered to the Black national song. In 1917, the NAACP promoted it as such.

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