u.s. federal holiday. tonight it is going to be extraordinary. a concert that s uplifting and educational and only seen here on cnn. enjoying an extraordinary display of black talent of genres and generations here. the all-star lineup with earth wind and fire with september and the legendary chaka khan live on stage with ain t nobody. that s michelle turner next to me. and khalid with talk and ne-yo performing and also featured special messages. michelle obama and the first black vice president of the united states kamala harris and will hear from president joe biden. we ll set the stage for the show in less than an hour by talking to the woman known as the grandmother of juneteenth which is opal lee. amazingly young at 95. played a leading role to push lawmakers to formally recognize this holiday. so happy to be with you. it will be a production unlike anything we have seen. the first thing you hear groaning is next to me, michelle turner. i want to know who authoriz
the roots were called to do a short play on schoolhouse rock i m just a bill but explaining why juneteenth was. it s so weird because like even on streaming services that that sort of one-minute parody song which actually got released as a sing s&l like i i would never think like that song of all songs is in the top five of like stuff i won for grammys and here s the juneteenth song, so, yeah. a lot of people s eyes were opened. can i just say thank you for what you do for the country. thank you for bringing attention to this and the celebration to the entire country and to cnn and the entire world. just really always appreciated you, but especially for this. you are the man. thank you, questlove. appreciate it. and happy juneteenth. happen juneteenth. initial turner didn t say