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
work together may
Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain, you may be doing some good work.
justice lines facts
Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!
wise thinking years
What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years.
perspective discipline people
It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.
thinking subjects persons
I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject
successful thinking able
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful
moving finding-yourself lasts
If, in moving through your life, you find yourself lost, go back to the last place where you knew who you were, and what you were doing, and start from there.
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.
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.