A performance of the Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was delivered by Maudjeani Pelissier, a freshman music and sound recording major, after which campus chaplain and fire science professor Martin O’Connor delivered the invocation.

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It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900).

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The Black National Anthem reminds us ‘we have not yet achieved the kind of justice that we richly deserve’

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The kids, on Thursday afternoon, belted out the Black National Anthem, practicing the song also known as “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” under the direction of Terra Johnson, the executive director who also teaches kindergarten.

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