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"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a song also known as the Black national anthem, will be performed live or played prior to "The Star Spangled Banner" at each of the NFL's Week 1 games in 2020, according to the A sociated Pre s, which adds that the league is Maxime Lagace Women Jersey also considering memorializing victims of police brutality with helmet decals or jersey patches. These moves are seen as part of the league's collaborative work with its players to raise awarene s of systemic racism and police brutality.Following the nationwide protests Ryan Reaves Jersey that sprung up in the wake of George Floyd's killing at the hands of the Minneapolis police, several NFL players, including , , , , and , released a video requesting that the league faced Reilly Smith Kids Jersey by Black people, that it had erred in silencing players who spoke out on those i sues in the past, and that Black lives matter. Commi sioner Roger Goodell the next day, acceding to each of those requests. Mahomes called Goodell's video , but acknowledged that the players want to make sure it leads to action.The league later as an Colin Miller Kids Jersey official holiday, $250 million over the next 10 years to fight systemic racism, and pledged to "reach out" to players who have "raised their voices" on i sues of racial inequality. Now, it has committed to spotlighting another part of Black history."Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson and later set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. CBS Sunday Morning's special report on the song can be seen below. Steps taken by the league office are a good sign of progre s, but actions taken over Alex Tuch Jersey the next several years will be a more meaningful indicator of where things stand.