I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't understand how people think they can bring anybody together without a song.
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 disci… - Bernice Johnson Reagon
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 disci…
- Bernice Johnson Reagon
In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't co… - Bernice Johnson Reagon
In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't co…
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up. - Bernice Johnson Reagon
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.
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 Mov… - Bernice Johnson Reagon
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 Mov…
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the… - Bernice Johnson Reagon
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the…
If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition. - Bernice Johnson Reagon
If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.
If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition. - Bernice Johnson Reagon
If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition.
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 goo… - Bernice Johnson Reagon
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 goo…
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. - Bernice Johnson Reagon
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.
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