On February 11, some of the biggest and best performers in music will come together for the Obamas’ civil rights concert. The show will feature musicians such as Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, and John Mellencamp.
The concert will be hosted by the Obamas, and will be emceed by Morgan Freeman and Newark, NJ’s own Queen Latifah.
Also on the list to perform are:
Natalie Cole
Seal
Blind Boys of Alabama
Jennifer Hudson
Howard University Choir
The evening will consists of musical performances and “readings from famous Civil Rights speeches and writings,” according to a press release from the producers, WETA.
WETA is the public broadcasting station in Washington D.C. and has been producing the concert, formally known as “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” since 1978.
Of note is Bob Dylan’s performance, as he was a performer the original “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” in 1963, where Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The Folk Scene of Greenwich Village was very involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
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