” Lift Every Voice and Sing” was initially composed as a poem by James Weldon Johnson, according to the NAACPs.
website. Johnsons brother John Rosamond Johnson set the poem to music in 1899. It was very first carried out in 1900 by a choir at the segregated Stanton School in Jacksonville, Florida– where James Weldon Johnson was primary– as part of a celebration of former President Abraham Lincolns birthday.
The song also will be played throughout the complete slate of those Week 1 Sunday afternoon video games, throughout Sunday Night Football and during the 2 ESPN Monday night video games, the source states.
In addition, the source states that the league is working collaboratively with players to acknowledge victims of systemic bigotry throughout the season. Among the products being talked about with players are adding names of victims on helmet decals or jerseys spots, in addition to curricula and storytelling (such as extra PSAs about the victims and their households).
According to the source, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.” This will start with the nationally televised first game of the season, which is on September 10, when the safeguarding Super Bowl champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, host the Houston Texans.
The news was initially reported by
The Undefeated, which is owned by ESPN.
