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Bernice Johnson Reagon
12+ albums
soulfolkgospelold gospelpolitical
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Bernice Johnson Reagon (born on 4 October 1942; died 16 July 2024) was an American song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist remembered for being a founding member of The Freedom Singers and for founding the all-black female a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock. Reagon, along with other members of The Freedom Singers, realized the power of collective singing to unify the disparate groups who began to work together in the 1964 Freedom Summer protests in the South. Reagon devoted her life to social justice through music via recordings, activism, community singing, and scholarship. She earned her Ph.D. from Howard University, becoming a cultural historian centered on the role of music, and was an emeritus faculty member in the History Department at The American University. She had also been a scholar-in-residence at Stanford and received an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
3,9482Come and Go With Me to That Land
8103Since I Laid My Burden Down
7464There's a New World Coming
6015Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
4656I Won't Crumble With You If You Fall
3507Give Your Hands To Struggle
2478There is More Love Somewhere
2349Guide My Feet, While I Run This Race
20810We've Come A Long Way To Be Together
182albums
River of Life: Harmony One
Give Your Hands to Struggle
River of Life
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The Civil War O.S.T.
The Civil War
Bernice Reagon; Folk Songs: The South
Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter
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The Civil War (Original Soundtrack)
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The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine
Folk Songs: The South
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The Civil War [TV Soundtrack]
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Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV