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Years active. 1966–present. Website. bernicejohnsonreagon.com. Bernice Johnson Reagon (born October 4, 1942) is a song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist, who in the early 1960s was a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Freedom Singers in the Albany Movement [1] [2] in Georgia.
22 apr 2024 · Bernice Johnson Reagon, African American musician and historian whose work ranged from African spirituals to militant civil rights anthems. In 1973 she formed the singing group Sweet Honey In The Rock, which continued to perform into the 21st century. Learn more about Reagon’s life and career.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon is a renowned composer, historian, musician, and activist. She is also credited with founding Sweet Honey in the Rock, an all-female and all-Black acapella group. Much of her work centers Black identity and social justice and many of her musical projects highlight the Civil Rights Era.
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a major cultural voice for freedom and justice; singing, teaching—speaking out against racism and organized inequities of all kinds.
For more than a half-century Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice; singing, teaching—speaking out against racism and organized inequities of all kinds.
Bernice Johnson Reagon (born 1942) is a world-renowned vocalist, song leader, composer, and historian who knows that singing is not for the faint of heart. A fervent advocate of righteous harmony, both literal and figurative, she has spent a lifetime using the power of vocal music to fight for social justice, from the student sit-ins of the ...
Bernice Johnson Reagon. Bernice Johnson Reagon, singer and song leader, civil rights activist, scholar, advisor, Festival participant and staffer, Folkways artist, colleague, and friend, has had a profound influence upon the Center and its work. Bernice was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1942.
