One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled ... the word “slave.” To an American of 2017, the word is likely to mean one thing only: the ...

The first verse of the poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry, later became known as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner, which officially ... very well". Only the case is the same because the ...

But as The Star-Spangled Banner began to play ... while his critics said it looked as though he had forgotten the lyrics. He certainly didn't sing all of them. Video of the anthem shows Mr ...

America's national anthem is terrible. "The Star-Spangled Banner," a poem about the War of 1812 set to an English drinking song, is almost impossible to sing, requiring a nearly two-octave range ...