President And Mrs. Obama Host Civil Rights Music Showcase For Black History Month - Premieres Thursday on PBS

PBS Music Special to Feature Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, Seal and More, Airs February 11

"In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" is a concert in the White House East Room that will be broadcast by PBS.  President and Mrs. Obama will host the event in honor of Black History Month.  The sixty-minute program, to be taped live by WETA Washington, D.C., on February 10, will feature songs from the Civil Rights Movement as well as readings from Civil Rights-era writings.  The program is part of the WETA "In Performance at the White House" series.  Premieres Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 8 p.m. EDT on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).  

Performing: Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, 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.

Guest Speakers: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Queen Latifah and Joanne Woodward

Concert Date: Wednesday, February 10, 5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EDT

Broadcast Date: Thursday, February 11, 8p.m. EDT (check local listings) (60 mins.)