James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.

She was joined during the pregame by youth choir members to perform the song, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

James Wheldon Johnson was a visionary thinker and Renaissance man whose achievements as an author, lyricist, poet, diplomat, ...

While some are deciding whether to cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs or the Philadelphia Eagles, some of us are gearing up for the Super Bowl halftime show.