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Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Williams, More Added to ABC’s ‘African American History Museum’ Special

Executive producer Oprah Winfrey attends OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's “Queen Sugar” premiere at the Warner Bros. Studio Lot Steven J. Ross Theater on August 29, 2016 in Burbank, California.
Executive producer Oprah Winfrey attends OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Queen Sugar” premiere at the Warner Bros. Studio Lot Steven J. Ross Theater on August 29, 2016 in Burbank, California.

*ABC has added more influential voices to its two-hour program of music, dance and the spoken word celebrating the opening of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Angela Bassett, Dave Chappelle, Chuck D., Doug E. Fresh, Savion Glover, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Elijah Kelley, Janelle Monae, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Octavia Spencer, Chris Tucker, Jesse Williams, Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder join the list of artists for “Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America.”

World-renowned dignitaries, athletes and artists from around the globe will come together for the program at Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Previously announced entertainers include Patti Austin, Christina Aguilera, Alvin Ailey Dancers, Angela Bassett, Jon Batiste, Shirley Caesar, Chloe x Halle, Gary Clark Jr., Common, Cynthia Erivo, Fantasia, Jamie Foxx, Robert Glasper, Dave Grohl with Trouble Funk, Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, NeYo and Usher.

Designed to explore and celebrate African American contributions to the global landscape, the program will feature new film footage of iconic items from the museum’s collections – items ranging from a plane used to train the famed Tuskegee airmen for World War II combat duty to a bible owned by Nat Turner. The film is accompanied by music, dance and dramatic readings by a wide range of stage and screen actors.

The executive producers are Don Mischer and Quincy Jones, along with Don Mischer Productions’ Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare.

The production will be filmed tonight (September 23) and will air on ABC stations nationwide in the 2016-2017 season.

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