While many Super Bowl fans were left split on whether Reba’s rendition of the national anthem was the best ever or could have used some work, numerous netizens shared the same opinion about Andra Day’s performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem.
For the fourth time the Black national anthem has had a place in the Super Bowl pregame festivities.
The song, which has only been around since 1900, captures “the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans.”
“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which was adopted by the NAACP was “prominently used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.”
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