The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
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… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
If, in moving through your life, you find yourself lost, go back to the last place where you knew who you were, and what… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
“Life's challenges aren't suppose to paralyze you, they're suppose to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time, when you find yourself breathing and not… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
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… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
