Bernice Johnson Reagon

Linked to Bernice Johnson Reagon

Share Feedback

Bernice Johnson Reagon was a member of the Freedom Singers, which formed in Albany during the civil rights movement. Reagon later founded two a capella ensembles of African American women singers—the Harambee Singers, in 1966, and Sweet Honey in the Rock, in 1973.

Photograph from Sweet Honey in the Rock album Give Your Hands to Struggle (1975)

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Featured Content

James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe

Colonial Figures
Harriet Powers

Harriet Powers

People

Trending

Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century

Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century

Early 20th-Century Groups & Organizations
William A. Connelly

William A. Connelly

Military
Geologic Regions of Georgia

Geologic Regions of Georgia

Geology
Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era

Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era

Civil War & Reconstruction Groups & Organizations

Updated Recently

Deportation of Roswell Mill Women

Deportation of Roswell Mill Women

4 days ago
Stephen Corey

Stephen Corey

1 week ago
Sequoyah

Sequoyah

1 week ago
Nathalie Dupree

Nathalie Dupree

1 week ago

A More Perfect Union

The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Learn More