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    "ocrText": "Barack Obama Presidential Library\nMATURAL AND LITTERS SCRIPTA MANET RECORDS\nSystematic Scanning Cover Sheet\n1985\nPer Folder\nCollection:\nCalligraphy Office, White House\nSeries:\nGeneral Files\nContainer Number: Legal Hollinger\n71068\nFolder ID: 52576\nFolder Title: Printed Materials - [Program for] The Sound of\nYoung America: The History of Motown, 02/24/2011\n[3 copies]\nSystematic File Name: t068887811-052576-71068\nEH\nBEEF\nE\nPLURIBUS UNUM\nMRS. MICHELLE OBAMA\nwelcomes you to\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nMUSIC SERIES:\nTHE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA:\nThe History of Motown\nThursday, February 24, 2011\nPARTICIPATING SCHOOLS & ORGANIZATIONS\nCHICAGO, IL\nPROG\nDuSable Leadership Academy\nDunbar Vocational Career Academy\nHyde Park Academy High School\nRemark:\nKenwood Academy High School\nMrs. Ob\nNorthside College Preparatory High School\nWendell Phillips High School\nYoung Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago\nPerformar\nCLEVELAND, OH\nJohn Le\nLakewood High School\nDETROIT, MI\nModera\nAvondale High School\nBerry G\nBirch Run High School\nCass Technical High School\nSmokey R\nDetroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts\nRobert Same\nGrosse Pointe High School\nWayne Memorial High School\nLOS ANGELES, CA\nPresented in part\nArt Share Los Angeles\nWeingart East Los Angeles YMCA\nThe GRAMMY\nRICHFIELD, MN\nRichfield Senior High School\nWASHINGTON, DC\nAlice Deal Middle School\nAnacostia Senior High School\nProgram subject\nDuke Ellington School of the Performing Arts\nWoodrow Wilson High School\nBERRY GORDY\nGordy is the founder of Motown, the hit-making enterprise that nurtured the careers of Diana Ross\n& the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, The Four Tops,\nMarvin Gaye, Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas and many other music\ngreats. The \"Motown Sound\" reached out across a racially divided, politically and socially charged\ncountry to transform popular music. Gordy's unparalleled contribution to music and popular culture\nis chronicled in his autobiography, To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown.\nJOHN LEGEND\nThis American recording artist, musician, actor and social activist is the recipient of nine\nGRAMMY Awards, and was named to the 2009 TIME 100 list of the world's most influential\npeople. His work includes collaborations with artists including Kanye West, Alicia Keys\nand Jay-Z. Legend's latest album, Wake Up!, is a collaboration with The Roots featuring an\nhomage to the soulful music of the '60s and '70s. In 2007, Legend founded the \"Show Me\nCampaign,\" a grassroots movement dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty.\nSMOKEY ROBINSON\nLegendary singer, songwriter and producer, Robinson's honey-coated voice connects with\nlisteners in a highly personal way. This Motown legend has earned 37 Top 40 hits during his\ncareer, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received the Soul Train Music Award\nfor Career Achievement, the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, and been a Songwriters\nHall of Fame and Kennedy Center honoree. Robinson's latest album, Now and Then, was\nreleased in 2010 and was nominated this year for an NAACP Image Award.\nROBERT SANTELLI\nSantelli, a leading musicologist and music educator, is the executive director of The GRAMMY\nMuseum. Prior to joining that organization, Santelli was the vice president of education and\npublic programs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, before becoming CEO and\nartistic director at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Santelli is a longtime member of The\nRecording Academy, as well as founder and former president of the National Music Museum\nAlliance. A noted blues and rock historian, Santelli has authored and edited more than a dozen\nbooks, including The Bob Dylan Scrapbook.\nTHE GRAMMY MUSEUM\nPaying tribute to music's rich cultural history, this one-of-a-kind, 21st-century Museum explores\nand celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and\ntechnology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence\nin recorded music-the GRAMMY Award. The GRAMMY Museum features 30,000 square feet\nof interactive and multimedia exhibits located within L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles\nsports, entertainment and residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public\nand educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from a never-before-seen\ninsider perspective that only The GRAMMY Museum can deliver."
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