In the Name of Love - The 11th Annual Tribute honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jennifer Holliday
Texan Jennifer Holliday gained national recognition when she had the lead in the Broadway musical Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God. Her performance led to her star-making performance in Dreamgirls, an adaptation of The Supremes' saga....

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, an Academy Award-winning multiracial choir with its exquisite vocal harmonies and stirring gospel repertoire, is a multiracial interfaith group of 55 vocalists united in their love of gospel music with its message of hope, joy, unity and justice - under the direction of Terrance Kelly....

Oaktown Jazz Workshop
Based in Oakland and formed in 1994, Oaktown Jazz Workshops (OJW) celebrates jazz music as an American indigenous art form of profound artistic and cultural significance. A complex and enjoyable music as well as an important indicator of American history, jazz offers a rich legacy that has touched the lives of each generation and continues to be an important component of contemporary culture....

Oakland Children's Community Choir
The Oakland Children's Community Choir, under the musical direction of Melanie DeMore (founding member of the Cultural Heritage Choir and former music director of the Oakland Youth Chorus) and accompanist Ben Heveroh, the Oakland Children's Community Choir (OCCC), is made up of children from Cleveland and Glenview elementary schools....