composer, musician, songtalker, scholar, performer, historian, teacher, producer, director, author, public speaker, activist

For over four decades Bernice Johnson Reagon

has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice. An African American woman’s voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s, she is a composer, songleader, scholar and producer.

Scholar and Teacher

Perhaps no individual today better illustrates the transformative power and instruction of traditional African American music and cultural history than Bernice Johnson Reagon, who has excelled equally in the realms of scholarship, composition, teaching and performance.

Upcoming Appearances | Past Appearances

April 2008
Thurs: 17 @ 7:30pm

Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte NC

Fri-Mon: 18-21

Celebrating 50 Years Of The Ashgrove, Los Angeles Folkclub, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Performing with Freedom Singers (reunion of 1963 6-week run)

April 17, 2008

Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC

For more information contact Jodi Solomon at the Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau.