Even before Usher’s halftime show, big-name talent lit up Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for Super Bowl Lviii. Andra Day, Post Malone, and Reba McEntire inspired thousands of spectators and millions of TV viewers with rousing renditions of patriotic songs. Check out those performers — and their thoughts about entertaining such a massive crowd — below. Andra Day sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” .@AndraDayMusic performs Lift Every Voice and Sing before #Sblviii! pic.twitter.com/gNRZ9XyibV — NFL (@NFL) February 11, 2024 This Grammy-winning R&b star (and Golden Globe-winning actor) performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the James Weldon Johnson song dubbed the Black national anthem, at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, with actor and choreographer Shaheem Sanchez performing the same in American Sign Language. Day told The Associated Press last week that, as a “deeply spiritual person,” she uses prayer to quell any stage fright. “If I’m here, I’m of...
- 2/12/2024
- TV Insider
A class being offered at Harvard on Taylor Swift next semester is officially titled “English 183ts. Taylor Swift and Her World.” A critic who will teach the course has revealed why it is worthy of study.
But when her class was announced last month, many began to wonder out loud if a “millennial pop star deserves this kind of treatment at a world-class university.”
Stephanie Burt, a literary critic who will teach the course at Harvard, penned a convincing argument in The Atlantic and deftly argued that students “benefit from studying art that they love — art new and old, art in many genres,” reports etonline.com.
It’s not the first time a Swift class is available at an institution of higher learning. Stanford, NYU and the University of Texas at Austin are just some of the universities offering similar courses.
The hour-long class at Harvard will aim to explore...
But when her class was announced last month, many began to wonder out loud if a “millennial pop star deserves this kind of treatment at a world-class university.”
Stephanie Burt, a literary critic who will teach the course at Harvard, penned a convincing argument in The Atlantic and deftly argued that students “benefit from studying art that they love — art new and old, art in many genres,” reports etonline.com.
It’s not the first time a Swift class is available at an institution of higher learning. Stanford, NYU and the University of Texas at Austin are just some of the universities offering similar courses.
The hour-long class at Harvard will aim to explore...
- 1/14/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Sheryl Lee Ralph Sang the Black National Anthem, ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ at the 2023 Super Bowl
Emmy Award winner Sheryl Lee Ralph took to the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before kickoff at Super Bowl Lvii. The Black national anthem is a recent addition to pre-game ceremonies at NFL games, and the original Dreamgirls star did the song justice with her soaring vocals.
Sheryl Lee Ralph | Cooper Neill/Getty Images The NFL started playing the Black national anthem at football games in 2021
Much like “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a poem that was later set to music. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900 by civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson; his brother composed music to accompany his words. Johnson’s song was written when someone in his local community wanted to put together a celebration to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The song began as a celebration of Lincoln and...
Sheryl Lee Ralph | Cooper Neill/Getty Images The NFL started playing the Black national anthem at football games in 2021
Much like “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was a poem that was later set to music. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900 by civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson; his brother composed music to accompany his words. Johnson’s song was written when someone in his local community wanted to put together a celebration to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The song began as a celebration of Lincoln and...
- 2/14/2023
- by Chris Malone
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Super Bowl Lvii got things started with a moving musical performance courtesy of award-winning Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph. Appearing during the Kick-Off Special, Ralph took to the microphone to deliver a show-stopping rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The song, which is commonly referred to as “The Black National Anthem,” is a hymn from James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, which is a prayer of thanksgiving, faithfulness, and freedom. .@thesherylralph with an incredible rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. #Sblvii pic.twitter.com/3iho2kTssr — NFL (@NFL) February 12, 2023 The song’s imagery represents the exodus from slavery to the freedom of the “promised land.” And Ralph’s performance marks the 123rd anniversary since it was first performed publicly on February 12, 1900. Donning a perfectly dramatic red ensemble, Ralph was supported by a collection of backup singers clad in white suits who helped elevate her impeccably put-together performance.
- 2/12/2023
- TV Insider
Who needs cheerleaders when you have Abbott Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph to get everyone pumped before the big game?
The recent Emmy winner performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, broadcast live on Fox from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. With lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson in 1900, then put to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson in 1905, this hymn has long held an important place in the Black community.
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The recent Emmy winner performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, broadcast live on Fox from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. With lyrics written by James Weldon Johnson in 1900, then put to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson in 1905, this hymn has long held an important place in the Black community.
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- 2/12/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
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Halle Bailey and Ddg's latest date night was worthy of a standing ovation. On Sept. 8, the couple attended the Los Angeles Rams vs. Buffalo Bills NFL game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. Before cuddling up in the bleachers and snapping selfies with her boyfriend, Bailey stepped onto the field to kick off the game with a cover of "Lift Every Voice" by J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson. "Lift every voice and sing / 'Till Earth and heaven ring / Ring with the harmonies of Liberty," Bailey sang as the stadium of excited onlookers - including Ddg - watched in awe from the stands.
"Thank you @rams for having me . . . was honored to sing 'lift every voice,'" she captioned a video of the performance, which her sister Chloë called "beautiful!!!!" in the comment section.
Following the game,...
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Halle Bailey and Ddg's latest date night was worthy of a standing ovation. On Sept. 8, the couple attended the Los Angeles Rams vs. Buffalo Bills NFL game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. Before cuddling up in the bleachers and snapping selfies with her boyfriend, Bailey stepped onto the field to kick off the game with a cover of "Lift Every Voice" by J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson. "Lift every voice and sing / 'Till Earth and heaven ring / Ring with the harmonies of Liberty," Bailey sang as the stadium of excited onlookers - including Ddg - watched in awe from the stands.
"Thank you @rams for having me . . . was honored to sing 'lift every voice,'" she captioned a video of the performance, which her sister Chloë called "beautiful!!!!" in the comment section.
Following the game,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
No group had it locked like Public Enemy the year Mandela was finally let out of prison. In 1990, when their momentum-grabbing third album dropped, its songs and the band’s logo — a defiant, beret-adorned B-boy in the crosshairs of a gun — were as ubiquitous as the African medallions worn by Black folks in virtually every North American city. If 1988’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s brilliant bedrock, Fear of a Black Planet represents their all-encompassing apex. This Black History Month is...
- 2/4/2022
- by Will Dukes
- Rollingstone.com
The first post-nuclear science fiction thriller is a grim & gripping end-of-the-world tale with rough content for its year. Arch Oboler’s best movie watches as five motley survivors discover that their pre-apocalyptic prejudices have survived as well, precipitating a savage struggle in the shadow of doom. The filming was an artistic collaboration with established film theorists and their film-student disciples — call it ‘lyrical neorealism.’ For its world debut on Blu-ray, the atomic classic is given a new transfer and new extras.
Five
Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 33
1951 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 91 min. / Street Date February 23, 2021 / Available from Viavision / $34.95 au
Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee.
Cinematographic Consultant: Louis Clyde Stoumen
Photography, Editing and Production assistance: Sid Lubow, Ed Spiegel, Arthur Swerdloff
Film Editor: John Hoffman
Production Design: Arch Oboler
Original Music: Henry Russell
Poem by James Weldon Johnson
Written, Produced and Directed by Arch Oboler
Making something new...
Five
Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 33
1951 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 91 min. / Street Date February 23, 2021 / Available from Viavision / $34.95 au
Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee.
Cinematographic Consultant: Louis Clyde Stoumen
Photography, Editing and Production assistance: Sid Lubow, Ed Spiegel, Arthur Swerdloff
Film Editor: John Hoffman
Production Design: Arch Oboler
Original Music: Henry Russell
Poem by James Weldon Johnson
Written, Produced and Directed by Arch Oboler
Making something new...
- 3/23/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Gladys Knight and Alessia Cara will bring their singing chops to the NBA All-Star 2021 game.
The 70th annual NBA All-Star Game will also feature performances by iconic Hbcu musical groups. Knight, Cara and the collegiate groups will perform before tip-off. Knight will perform the U.S. national anthem from the Atlanta arena, with Cara singing the Canadian national anthem from Toronto.
Throughout the night, the league will pay tribute to the vital role of HBCUs through musical performances, content and storytelling. The Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will also perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” virtually from campus, paying tribute to NAACP leader and Black national anthem songwriter and alum James Weldon Johnson.
Additionally, the Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band and Florida A&m University Marching 100 will perform during the NBA All-Star player introductions from their respective historical campuses. Throughout the match, members of the Divine Nine fraternities...
The 70th annual NBA All-Star Game will also feature performances by iconic Hbcu musical groups. Knight, Cara and the collegiate groups will perform before tip-off. Knight will perform the U.S. national anthem from the Atlanta arena, with Cara singing the Canadian national anthem from Toronto.
Throughout the night, the league will pay tribute to the vital role of HBCUs through musical performances, content and storytelling. The Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will also perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” virtually from campus, paying tribute to NAACP leader and Black national anthem songwriter and alum James Weldon Johnson.
Additionally, the Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band and Florida A&m University Marching 100 will perform during the NBA All-Star player introductions from their respective historical campuses. Throughout the match, members of the Divine Nine fraternities...
- 2/23/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Gladys Knight and Alessia Cara will be among the artists set to perform for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta. The All-Star festivities will also include performances by Hbcu musical groups, including marching bands, step teams, glee clubs and choirs.
Knight — an Atlanta native, seven-time Grammy winner and graduate of one of the nation’s oldest HBCUs, Shaw University — will sing the U.S. national anthem live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta. She will be followed by Cara, who will sing the Canadian national anthem remotely from Toronto.
Performances will begin airing at 8 p.m. on March 7, prior to tipoff on TNT.
The NBA will pay tribute throughout the night to the legacy of HBCUs. The Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will deliver a virtual performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from an iconic location on the school’s campus. The performance will pay tribute to Clark Atlanta alum James Weldon Johnson,...
Knight — an Atlanta native, seven-time Grammy winner and graduate of one of the nation’s oldest HBCUs, Shaw University — will sing the U.S. national anthem live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta. She will be followed by Cara, who will sing the Canadian national anthem remotely from Toronto.
Performances will begin airing at 8 p.m. on March 7, prior to tipoff on TNT.
The NBA will pay tribute throughout the night to the legacy of HBCUs. The Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will deliver a virtual performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from an iconic location on the school’s campus. The performance will pay tribute to Clark Atlanta alum James Weldon Johnson,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
The National Football League plans to have the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” performed live or played via a recording before every Week 1 NFL game. The song is considered by many as the Black national anthem and would precede the traditional performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the official U.S. national anthem.
The report on the plans cited anonymous sources and came from The Undefeated, an ESPN offshoot focused on sports, race and culture. The story indicated the NFL is also mulling other ways to recognize victims of alleged police brutality during the upcoming season.
The plans under consideration include listing the names of violence victims on uniforms through decals affixed to helmets and jerseys, and for the NFL to produce educational programs.
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing first appeared as a poem written by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson. It was set to music by his brother,...
The report on the plans cited anonymous sources and came from The Undefeated, an ESPN offshoot focused on sports, race and culture. The story indicated the NFL is also mulling other ways to recognize victims of alleged police brutality during the upcoming season.
The plans under consideration include listing the names of violence victims on uniforms through decals affixed to helmets and jerseys, and for the NFL to produce educational programs.
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing first appeared as a poem written by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson. It was set to music by his brother,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ten days after declaring war is a lousy time for a party, let alone a Super Bowl.
On Jan. 17, 1991, an armed coalition led by the United States commenced Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, marking the first major military action of the post-terrorism age. Less than two weeks later, the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills prepared for their own conflict as Super Bowl Xxv kicked off in Tampa, Florida. Fears that Saddam Hussein would target this, the most American of sporting events, led some NFL officials to consider rescheduling. The big game would proceed as planned, but the festive mood of Jan.
On Jan. 17, 1991, an armed coalition led by the United States commenced Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, marking the first major military action of the post-terrorism age. Less than two weeks later, the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills prepared for their own conflict as Super Bowl Xxv kicked off in Tampa, Florida. Fears that Saddam Hussein would target this, the most American of sporting events, led some NFL officials to consider rescheduling. The big game would proceed as planned, but the festive mood of Jan.
- 2/11/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Mankind’s arms, as poet James Weldon Johnson once wrote, are too short to box with God. Perhaps that is why attainable human battles, especially go-for-the-jugular jousts between siblings, have fascinated us since the Biblical days of Cain and Abel. So it only makes sense that “Greenleaf,” the promising new Own family drama set in a Memphis megachurch, would focus so heavily on the complicated and layered relationships between sisters and brothers. Series creator, writer and producer Craig Wright (“Six Feet Under” and “Dirty Sexy Money”) is a master at capturing real and imagined slights within families, and when his latest.
- 6/21/2016
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- The Wrap
What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life, I felt doomed. I could imagine no path that would allow me to realize my authentic self. I felt the need to lie, even to myself, insisting: I am straight. When uncomfortable longings for the same sex came up, I drank them down, using alcohol to suppress my gay leanings. Sixteen years ago I finally got sober and gave up the substances that enabled me to numb and escape. That's when I had to face myself. I surrendered to the truth, admitting to myself, then to my therapist, and finally to my family and friends: I am a lesbian. It was only after coming out that I realized how emotionally constrained my life had been. Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket.
- 12/15/2011
- by Jane Velez-Mitchell
- Aol TV.
Former Bad Boy Mc and Diddy protégé admits to shooting a man 17 years ago.
By Paul Cantor
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage
Former Bad Boy Mc G. Dep admitted this week to fatally shooting a man nearly 20 years ago.
The New York Post reports that on Wednesday, the 36-year-old rapper, born Trevell Coleman, walked into the 25th precinct in Harlem and confessed to killing a man way back in 1993.
"I shot and killed someone 17 years ago," he reportedly told an officer at the precinct.
According to the Post report, Dep told police that he was riding a bike when he approached his victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, on Park Avenue and East 114th street near the James Weldon Johnson housing projects. Dep, just 18 years old at the time, was planning to rob Henkel, but when he resisted, shot him three times in the chest with a .40-caliber hand gun. He...
By Paul Cantor
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage
Former Bad Boy Mc G. Dep admitted this week to fatally shooting a man nearly 20 years ago.
The New York Post reports that on Wednesday, the 36-year-old rapper, born Trevell Coleman, walked into the 25th precinct in Harlem and confessed to killing a man way back in 1993.
"I shot and killed someone 17 years ago," he reportedly told an officer at the precinct.
According to the Post report, Dep told police that he was riding a bike when he approached his victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, on Park Avenue and East 114th street near the James Weldon Johnson housing projects. Dep, just 18 years old at the time, was planning to rob Henkel, but when he resisted, shot him three times in the chest with a .40-caliber hand gun. He...
- 12/18/2010
- MTV Music News
Former Bad Boy Mc and Diddy proté gé admits to shooting a man 17 years ago.
By Paul Cantor
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage)
Former Bad Boy Mc G. Dep admitted to fatally shooting a man this week.
The New York Post reports that on the evening of Wednesday, December 15, the 36-year-old rapper, born Trevell Coleman, walked into the 25th precinct in Harlem and confessed to killing a man way back in 1993.
"I shot and killed someone 17 years ago," he reportedly told an officer at the precinct.
According to the Post report, Dep told police that he was riding a bike when he approached his victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, on Park Avenue and East 114th street near the James Weldon Johnson housing projects. Dep, just 18 years old at the time, was planning to rob Henkel, but when he resisted, shot him three times in the chest with a .40-caliber hand gun.
By Paul Cantor
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage)
Former Bad Boy Mc G. Dep admitted to fatally shooting a man this week.
The New York Post reports that on the evening of Wednesday, December 15, the 36-year-old rapper, born Trevell Coleman, walked into the 25th precinct in Harlem and confessed to killing a man way back in 1993.
"I shot and killed someone 17 years ago," he reportedly told an officer at the precinct.
According to the Post report, Dep told police that he was riding a bike when he approached his victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, on Park Avenue and East 114th street near the James Weldon Johnson housing projects. Dep, just 18 years old at the time, was planning to rob Henkel, but when he resisted, shot him three times in the chest with a .40-caliber hand gun.
- 12/18/2010
- MTV Music News
Despite its empowering lyrics, Professor Timothy Askew sees a different message in the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," written by poet James Weldon Johnson. Askew, an Associate Professor of English at Clark University in Atlanta, recently told CNN that he loves the song, but its label as the "Black national anthem" makes him feel "tension and confusion." After researching the spiritual as a Yale graduate student, Askew decided that the song's "national anthem" label spurs separatism rather than unity... Here's what you had to say: Informed and enlightened commented: "Why is it that all other races have their own anthems, songs, schools and neighborhoods and no one says a word. The minute Black folks do it, it's a problem." Adamnshame wrote: "All this time, I didn't know that 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. Why can't it just be called an American anthem?...
- 7/26/2010
- Essence
The second show in Coppin State University Repertory Theatre's 2009-10 season, "Constant Star," will be directed by Tony Award–winning actor Trezana Beverley. Beverley, who won the award for her performance in "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf," was a cast member in the original production of "Constant Star," a five-woman musical about the life of journalist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells. The show runs March 3–7 at James Weldon Johnson Auditorium in Baltimore.
- 2/19/2010
- backstage.com
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