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Before the Tennessee titans officially choose Cam Ward with the n ° 1 choice of the NFL draft Thursday evening, the national black anthem was played on stage in Green Bay.
The “National Hymn Choir” by James Weldon Johnson Foundation sang “Sangulcha Every Voice and Sing”. Fans of the NFL waiting for the draft to start all this before the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, Green Bay Packers, and Lil ‘Wayne comes out on stage.
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The stage before the draft of the 2025 NFL at the Field Lambeau. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
Social media were perplexed by interpretation.
The national black anthem has been a pillar for NFL events since the 2020 season, after a summer of racial tensions across the United States, the song was played during super bowls and draft events.
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The main scene in front of the draft of the NFL in the Field Lambeau. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
Ledisi, a award -winning singer and composer at the Grammy Award, interpreted the song before the Super Bowl Lix in front of the Eagles of Philadelphia and the Kansas City chiefs.
The NAACP began to promote “lifting each voice and singing” as the national black anthem in 1917.
Ward was the n ° 1 choice of the draft after a solid performance with the Miami Hurricanes in his last season at university. The Jacksonville jaguars then exchanged with the Cleveland Browns to select Travis Hunter.
Miami Cameron Ward’s Hurricanes quarterrier holds the jersey on stage after being selected by Titans du Tennessee as a number one choice in the first round of the NFL 2025 draft at the Field Lambeau. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
The New York Giants selected Abdul Carter, and the New England Patriots took Will Campbell. The Browns decided to take Mason Graham to complete the first five.
