Bernice Johnson Reagon
1942
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Quotes
Biography
Bernice Johnson Reagon is an American historian, singer, composer, scholar, and social activist. She is best known as the founder of the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy Award-winning group that blends African American spirituals, blues, folk, gospel music, and more. Reagon played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and fought for social justice through her music and activism. She has also been a professor at various universities and contributed greatly to African American cultural studies.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Songs have the ability to take you beyond your circumstances.
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Don't get trapped in someone else's frame. It's okay to be your own person.
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The real strength of nonviolence comes from the fact that no one is turned into an enemy.
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You have no right to break the law if the law makes you a partner in the wrong practice.
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The job of the artist is to make revolution irresistible.