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Laurin Talese was tapped to sing “lift every voice and sing” Thursday night ahead of the first game of the NFL season between Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
Since summer with unrest over George Floyd’s death, NFL has enabled teams to get artists to sing the song, known as Black National Anthem. The song has appeared in the season opening matchups as well as the Super Bowls before kickoffs.
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Laurin Talese participates in a celebration of crafts presented by producers & amp; Engineers and songwriters & amp; Composers wings for the 66. The Grammy Awards at the Grammy Museum on January 31, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images to Recording Academy)
The NBC broadcast also showed one of the messages in the final zone of Lincoln Financial Field. The message read, “It takes us all.”
To play the song again before the start of the NFL season triggered burning reactions to social media.
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NAACP began to promote “lift each voice and sing” as the black national anthem in 1917. But it remains the source of founding among fans.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl Championship banner is revealed prior to the game between Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. (Eric Hartline/Imag- Pictures)
Talese received a standing ovation from those inside the stadium at the time.
She told the Eagles’ website that it was her first time in Lincoln Financial Field, but has become a big fan of the team over the years.
Fans cheer after Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen hurt, the ball ran for a touchdown in the first half of a NFL football match against Dallas Cowboys on Thursday 4 September 2025 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
“I feel so excited and honored,” she said. “I’m really excited to see how it will feel. … I love to feel the pulse of the city, but I have never been in a game. So this is my entrance. This is my turn to real life Eagles Fandom and that I am really able to be part of it that, what better way? It’s kind of crazy, actually.”
