English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Bernice Johnson Reagon quotes

American Musician October 4, 1942

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

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. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon quote: "And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether..."
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
Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment. 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 disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it. Bernice Johnson Reagon
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. Bernice Johnson Reagon
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. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon quote: "There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are..."
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up. Bernice Johnson Reagon
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
Bernice Johnson Reagon quote: "I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the..."
I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved. Bernice Johnson Reagon
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

Popular Author

Related Authors