So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.
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…
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.
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 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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