Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...

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

The Star-Spangled Banner is up there with the all-time great national anthems. Every year at the Superbowl, a new artist ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... who wrote the words to the song during the War of 1812, was defaced ...

Towards the end of the song, rather than glorify the Old South, Tom quoted the “Star Spangled Banner” and ended by shouting as loud as possible the ambiguous coda, “Retreat! Retreat!