“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyse you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.”

— BERNICE REAGON

Singer & Scholar · 1942 – 2024

Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer, composer and historian. A Freedom Singer in the civil rights movement, she founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973.

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