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. Bernice Johnson Reagon blackbringday Change image and share on social
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. Bernice Johnson Reagon generalhistorianinterest Change image and share on social
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon challengediscoverlife Change image and share on social
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. Bernice Johnson Reagon civilculturegraduate Change image and share on social
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. Bernice Johnson Reagon blackeducatefind Change image and share on social
And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. Bernice Johnson Reagon knowproofreligion Change image and share on social
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since. Bernice Johnson Reagon africaafricanallow share on social
