![]() ![]() ![]() She is a curator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where her mission is to bring the past to life. in history, she has made the music and cultural story of blacks in American her life’s work. She is not only a musician but a scholar. That tradition is Bernice Reagon’s calling. Performing all over the world, they’ve won an international following for breath-taking renditions of blues, gospel, jazz and contemporary sounds, all rooted in the African-American tradition. She founded the popular vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock in the early ’70s. BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON: I ain’t gonna study war no more-We need harmony in this chord! I ain’t gonna study war no more -īILL MOYERS: Bernice Johnson Reagon has been singing songs about resistance and love for as long as she can remember. ![]()
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