FRIDAY 9/23/16 SATURDAY 9/24/16 SUNDAY 9/25/16 HOMECOMING CELEBRATION CALL & RESPONSE EVENING CONCERTS

6 p.m. on the Freedom Stage

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12:00 12:00 SATURDAY 9/24/16 Opening Speakers, Rising McIntosh County Shouters Josh White, Jr. Daily schedules are subject to change. Dixie Hummingbirds Len Chandler Star Fife and Drum Band Ring shout Folk/ Men’s gospel quartet Folk/singer- Visit NMAAHC.si.edu for updates.

1:00 1:00 1:00 Living Colour debuted their recipe of , metal, , and punk Preservation Hall Jazz Freedom Singers Dom Flemons Sweet Honey in the Rock Sonia Sanchez Louise Toppin Bobi Céspedes The Civil Rights Struggle on the 1989 album Vivid, which won two GRAMMY Awards in the Band New Orleans jazz/ Civil rights vocal group African American Women’s vocal quartet Poet Classical vocalist Afro-Cuban ensemble Continues: Brittany hard rock category. After a period of solo projects, this dynamic brass band songster Packnett, Courtland Cox group reunited in 2000 and continues to record and tour, with a new release slated for 2017.

2:00 2:00 2:00 McIntosh County Shouters The Civil Rights Struggle Len Chandler Paíto y los Gaiteros de Stanley Clarke Baakari Wilder Freedom Singers Paíto y los Gaiteros de Making Our Legacy: Public Enemy fuses hip-hop rhythms with poetic lyrics Ring shout Continues: Brittany Folk/singer-songwriter Punta Brava Cumbia Bass workshop Tap dance Civil rights vocal group Punta Brava Cumbia National Hand Dance addressing social and political issues centering on the black Packnett, Courtland Cox Association experience. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, the ever-evolving group is widely sampled, influencing all 3:00 3:00 3:00 varieties of popular music worldwide. Stax Music Academy Freedom Singers Urban Artistry Jean Carne Len Chandler Evolution of Hand Dance: Robert Randolph and Stax Music Academy The Live Mixtape: Soul/ Songs of the movement Dance Rhythm and blues/jazz Folk/singer-songwriter National Hand the Family Band Soul/rhythm and blues J.PERIOD, Urban Artistry workshop Dance Association Sacred steel The Roots are recognized as one of the most musically creative and in-demand groups today. From high school buskers on the

4:00 4:00 4:00 street corners of to late-night television’s most Liberty Brass Band Cey Adams, Len Chandler, The Dance of a City: Stax Music Academy Urban Artistry J.PERIOD, special guests Morgan State celebrated band, they have always expressed musical depth New Orleans brass band 9th Wonder, Charles Neblett National Hand Soul/rhythm and blues Dance Social power of music University Choir and artistry through original material and collaborations. Arts and politics discussion Dance Association discussion Gospel ensemble

DRUM CIRCLE STORY CIRCLE THE STOOP DRUM CIRCLE STORY CIRCLE THE STOOP DRUM CIRCLE STORY CIRCLE THE STOOP 12:00 12:30 12:00 Medoune Gueye Charlotte Blake Alston Paíto y los Gaiteros de Medoune Gueye Medoune Gueye Baba Jamal Koram McIntosh County Shouters SUNDAY 9/25/16 Drum circle Storytelling Punta Brava Cumbia Drum circle Drum circle Storytelling Ring shout

Experience Unlimited (E.U.) is one of Washington, D.C.’s original 1:00 1:00 1:00 Karen “Queen Nur” 9th Wonder Ebony Donnley, Ericka Ebony Donnley, Ericka Charlotte Blake Alston Jay Summerour’s Rising Star Fife Charlotte Blake Alston Jay Summerour’s go-go bands. Perhaps best known for their hit “Da Butt,” the Abdul-Malik Hip-hop culture Hart Poets Hart Poets Storytelling Blues Trio and Drum Band Storytelling Blues Trio group helped develop and still incorporates today the distinctive Storytelling go-go blend of funk, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop native to the nation’s capital. 2:00 2:00 2:00 Rising Star Fife and Drum Charlotte Blake Alston Jay Summerour’s Rising Star Fife Bobi Céspedes Josh White, Jr. Baba Jamal Koram Ebony Donnley, Ericka Josh White, Jr. Meshell Ndegeocello, raised in D.C. where she attended the Duke Band Workshop Storytelling Blues Trio and Drum Band Orisha songs Songs for children Storytelling Hart Poets Folk/blues Ellington School of the Arts, incorporates a variety of influences into her songwriting, singing, and extraordinary musicianship. Defying single genre classification, her musical repertoire

3:00 3:00 3:00 encompasses funk, jazz, folk, rock, reggae, and beyond. Medoune Gueye Drum Karen “Queen Nur” Josh White, Jr. McIntosh County Shouters 9th Wonder, Freedom Dom Flemons Medoune Gueye Freedom Singers, Josh Dom Flemons and dance workshop Abdul-Malik Songs for children Sustaining traditions Singers, Public Enemy, African American Drum circle White, Jr. Social power of Banjo and bones Storytelling workshop Sweet Honey in the Rock songster music discussion workshop Angélique Kidjo is recognized worldwide as a GRAMMY Award- Social power of music winning pop singer and women’s rights advocate. Born in Benin, she integrates African, Latin, and Caribbean influences and Fon, 4:00 4:00 4:00 Ebony Donnley, Ericka Dom Flemons Medoune Gueye Charlotte Blake Alston Freedom Singers Medoune Gueye Jay Summerour, Jean 9th Wonder, Paíto y los Yoruba, French, and English languages into her music. She has Hart Poetry workshop Banjo and bones Drum circle Storytelling Civil rights vocal group Drum circle (continues) Carne, National Hand Gaiteros de Punta Brava, collaborated with a wide range of musicians, from the Rolling workshop Dance Association Rising Star Fife and Drum Stones to Philip Glass. Sustaining traditions Band Social power of music workshop Mural Wall (All weekend) Making History (All weekend) Oral History (All weekend) Join visual artist Cey Adams in creating a collaborative collage-style mural. The Visit our social media tent to commemorate this moment using digital technologies, Share your reflections on this weekend’s historic event with a professional film finished work will be added to the museum’s collection. Sponsored by Bank of America. share your own stories, and charge your phones. Sponsored by Target. crew that will capture visitors’ stories. Sponsored by Prudential Financial.