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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the music of the civil-rights era helped fuel freedom marches then and equality today.
Obama on Tuesday night welcomed an all-star lineup of musicians to the White House to perform songs from the era. Obama says protest songs, spirituals and anthems helped capture the hardships of those fighting for civil rights.
Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson and Joan Baez were on the lineup to perform. Yolanda Adams, shown performing at left, opened the evening with a spirited rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Others on the program included Natalie Cole, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Seal and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
