List of Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
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If i had been at a university i don't think i would have been able to have the experience i had in my smithsonian work. i don't think i have been as successful
Successful Thinking Able
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 civil rights movement.
Song Commercial Music Rights
I organized sweet honey in the rock in 1973. the music was sanity and balance.
Sweet Rocks Balance
The first job i had with the smithsonian was as a field researcher among african american communities in southwest louisiana and arkansas for the festival.
Jobs Community African American
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 convince other people to really do it. and this year, i'm not running it.
Running Sweet Years
Most people come out of their ph.d. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. you're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
People Trying Research
What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? it might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years.
Wise Thinking Hair
The smithsonian festival of american folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in washington so american tourists could walk through america, and in their minds everything on the mall would be american
America Effort Mind
Welcome to prekindergarten! you will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. in fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!
Justice Lines Facts
I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject
Thinking Persons Subjects
But i'm a historian. i wasn't interested in just being a producer, i was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public
Research Just Being Producers
I was at the smithsonian for twenty years, and i'm still at the smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and i still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life
Mean Years Twenties
  • Born: October 4, 1942
  • Occupation: Singer
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