Bernice Johnson Reagon

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a cappella ensemble civil rights activist composer human music historian musical group scholar singer singer-songwriter

Bernice Johnson Reagon is an American singer, composer, scholar, and civil rights activist best known for her work in African American spirituals and as the founder of the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock.

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Bernice Johnson Reagon canonical 4

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instanceOf a cappella ensemble ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music historian ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
singer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in history ⓘ
affiliation Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
areaOfActivity American civil rights movement ⓘ
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Pioneer Award from the National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ
birthName Bernice Johnson ⓘ
child Toshi Reagon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-10-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Albany State University ⓘ
surface form: Albany State College

Howard University ⓘ
Spelman College ⓘ
employer Howard University ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Reagon ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American music ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
ethnomusicology ⓘ
founded Sweet Honey in the Rock ⓘ
genre African American spirituals ⓘ
a cappella music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
givenName Bernice ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
surface form: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
name Bernice Johnson Reagon self-link ⓘ
notableFor leadership of Sweet Honey in the Rock ⓘ
work on African American spirituals ⓘ
notableWork founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock ⓘ
music for Eyes on the Prize ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dougherty County, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Dougherty County, Georgia, United States
positionHeld curator at Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
professor of history at Howard University ⓘ
spouse Cordell Reagon ⓘ

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SNCC Freedom Singers → notableMember → Bernice Johnson Reagon ⓘ
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Bernice Johnson Reagon’s group Sweet Honey in the Rock → founder → Bernice Johnson Reagon ⓘ
subject surface form: Sweet Honey in the Rock
Bernice Johnson Reagon’s group Sweet Honey in the Rock → hasMember → Bernice Johnson Reagon ⓘ
subject surface form: Sweet Honey in the Rock