Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagonis a singer, composer, scholar, and social activist, who founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth4 October 1942
CountryUnited States of America
people asking firsts
Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion
school thinking rights
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961
community democracy enough
If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.
peace giving people
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.
enough coalitions broads
If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition.
school rights culture
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.
winning african-american way
Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way it dealt with us. We had to learn to express and affirm values not from the winning position.
motivational stay-strong business
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
african allowed american-musician biggest caribbean country field happened history program scholars understood
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since.
black consistency core far grow people places trouble voice
When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you.
amazed awe breathing constant moment state time worship
If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.