President and Mrs. Obama host a concert in the White House East Room in honor of the civil rights movement. Artists include Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir and The Freedom Singers, featuring Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett and Toshi Reagon. Morgan Freeman is a guest speaker.
"A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" on In Performance at the White House airs on Tuesday, August 27th at 7:00 p.m. on channels 3 and 3-1.