{"id":20976,"date":"2025-02-09T20:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2025-02-09T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:49:16","slug":"report-nfl-makes-final-decision-on-the-playing-of-the-black-national-anthem-at-super-bowl-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20976","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: NFL Makes Final Decision On The Playing Of The Black National Anthem At Super Bowl 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Football League has been criticized for playing the Black National Anthem before sporting events, but now it appears they have made a final decision on the controversial song ahead of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/super-bowl-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Bowl 59<\/a>\u00a0in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0will be taking on the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0at Super Bowl 59, but before those two teams start playing, they will be on the sidelines at attention while listening to a few performances.<\/p>\n<p>The Black National Anthem is sung in churches, schools, and communities around the country, and this will mark the fifth year the song will be sung at the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u2019s biggest night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Powerful: The NFL has announced that the black national anthem will be performed at this year&#8217;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lift Every Voice and Sing&#8217; will be sung by Ledisi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbAZ2hoKTi\">pic.twitter.com\/QbAZ2hoKTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1886933074375794966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tradition of singing \u201cLife Every Voice and Sing\u201d began during the first week of the 2020 season, and the NFL has decided to continue it on Sunday night, too.<\/p>\n<p>The National Football League has confirmed that Grammy Award-winning artist Ledisi will play and perform it.<\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans native will be playing before The Star Spangled Banner.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-black-national-anthem-will-be-played-for-the-fifth-consecutive-super-bowl\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Black National Anthem Will be Played For The Fifth Consecutive Super Bowl<\/h2>\n<p>It has been over a century since the NAACP adopted \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d as the \u201cBlack national anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has eliminated the \u201cEnd Racism\u201d slogan that was painted on the back of the endzone, but \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d is not going anywhere and will be played during a fifth consecutive Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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