For the last three years, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem, has been performed ahead of the Super Bowl and this year the song will once

Often referred to as the Black national anthem, a pregame performance of the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has become a tradition at the Super Bowl.

For the fifth consecutive year, a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was part of the Super Bowl pregame festivities, this time delivered by Grammy-winning R&B singer Ledisi. Backed by the Greater New Orleans High School Choral Collective,