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U.S. White House Celebrates Motown for Black History Month

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February 18, 2011
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Melissa Hunter Davis is a creative entrepreneur and the master mind behind Sugarcane . Sugarcane Magazine is an online journal about art of Africa and the African Diaspora. She has an affinity for African arts, African culture, African performers and African literature. Follow her at @sugarcanemag


The White House has announced that it will honor the legacy of Motown with ” The Motown Sound: In Concert at the White House ” February 24 at 8 pm. The concert will feature singers such as Ledisi, Smoky Robinson, John Legend, Seal and Jordan Sparks. The evening will be hosted by Jaime Foxx and will be streamed live on http://www.whitehouse.gov/live and pbs.org . The show will air on PBS on March 1 at 8 pm and will be shown to the U. S. Armed Services on March 11.

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