Podcast appearances and mentions of Bernice Johnson Reagon

Every February, the United States celebrates Black History Month. But this year, the celebration might feel a bit different. On January 31st, the Department of Defense announced it would no longer use official resources to celebrate cultural awareness months, including Black History Month, which began the following day. That announcement came after the Trump administration's rollback of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives within the federal government. This hour, we’re joined by a panel of experts to talk about Black History Month and what it means today. GUESTS: Kevin Gaines: Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice and Interim Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute at the University of Virginia. Christina Greer: Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Michael Harriot: founder of ContrabandCamp and bestselling author of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America In this episode, the guests mention several Black Americans who have made an impact on U.S. history. Here are some of the names if you want to learn more: Ella Baker, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, James Chaney, Septima Clark, John Henrik Clarke, David Dennis Sr, Fannie Lou Hamer, Steven Henson, bell hooks, Barbara Jordan, Garrett Morgan, Constance Baker Motley, Gloria Naylor, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Gloria Richardson, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Jo Ann Robinson, Cleveland Sellers, Robert Smalls, The students in the court case Edwards v. South Carolina, Ida B. Wells-BarnettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The music of the Southern churches has always been intertwined with the fight for rights and freedoms in our country and across the world, too. We'll listen to some selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, The McIntosh County Shouters and many more. Freedom is in the air … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMatt “Guitar” Murphy / “Matt's Guitar Boogie #2” / Way Down South / AntonesTaj Mahal / “Diving Duck Blues” / The Real Thing / ColumbiaMavis Staples / “I'll Take You There” / I'll Take You There / BlackbirdGolden Gate Quartet / “Golden Gate Gospel Train” / Travelin' Shoes / RCA BluebirdWashington Phillips / “I've Got the Key to the Kingdom” / The Key to the Kingdom / YazooRoy Wilkins / “Speech” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Vol.II / GoldwaxMorehouse Glee Club / “I'm Building Me a Home” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. / GoldwaxBernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian-FolkwaysMatt “Guitar” Murphy / “Thump Tyne” / Way Down South / Antones The Clara Ward Singers / “Meetin' Tonight-This Little Light of Mine” / Meetin' Tonight / VanguardBillie Holliday / “Strange Fruit” / Protest! / ViperChampion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysFannie Lou Hamer / “Woke Up this Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian FolkwaysThe McIntosh County Shouters / “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” / Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast / Smithsonian FolkwaysSonny Treadway / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / ArhooliePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

We go into the Fresh Air archive to remember two remarkable women: Bernice Johnson Reagon was one of the powerful singers who helped galvanize the civil rights movement in the 1960s, as a member of the Freedom Singers quartet. She died July 16 at the age of 81. Also, we remember writer Gail Lumet Buckley, the daughter of singer Lena Horne, who chronicled her family's history from enslavement to becoming a part of the Black bourgeoisie. She died this week at age 86. August 2nd is the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin, so we listen back to Terry Gross's 1986 interview with him.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We go into the Fresh Air archive to remember two remarkable women: Bernice Johnson Reagon was one of the powerful singers who helped galvanize the civil rights movement in the 1960s, as a member of the Freedom Singers quartet. She died July 16 at the age of 81. Also, we remember writer Gail Lumet Buckley, the daughter of singer Lena Horne, who chronicled her family's history from enslavement to becoming a part of the Black bourgeoisie. She died this week at age 86. August 2nd is the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin, so we listen back to Terry Gross's 1986 interview with him.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jovelyn Richards and Margo Okazawa-Rey pay tribute to Dr  Bernice Johnson Reagon and listen to clips of her music and talks . Bernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an American song leader, professor of American history, composer, historian, musician, scholar, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist who, in the early 1960s, was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, organized by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the Albany Movement for civil rights in Georgia.[1][2] In 1973, she founded the all-black female a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, based in Washington, D.C. Reagon, along with other members of the SNCC Freedom Singers, realized the power of collective singing to unify the disparate groups who began to work together in the 1964 Freedom Summer protests in the South.[4] The post Tribute to musician and activist Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon appeared first on KPFA.

Listen to the Sat. July 27, 2024 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the role of Kenya in the ongoing Olympics Games; Niger and its government have created serious economic problems from the French-owned uranium firm which had dominated the country for years; the Democratic of Congo (DRC) leadership has accused Kenya of collaborating with Rwanda in sabatoging the country; and a Russian frigate has paid a visit to the North African state of Algeria and the Port of Oran. In the second hour we look back on the Batte for Selma some 59 years ago. Finally, we pay tribute to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a co-founder of the SNCC Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Listen to the Fri. July 26, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the fact that the United States has given 20,000 bombs to the Israeli Defense Forces since Oct, 7; Yemen is vowing to continue its attacks on Tel Aviv and its interests; the South African Communist Party (SACP) has issued a statement from its meeting in Limpopo province; and the SACP has hailed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its decision on the settler-colonial regime occupying Palestine. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to African American vocalist, organizer and scholar Bernice Johnson Reagon.

Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: First US general strike Today's labor quote: Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: First US general strike Today's labor quote: Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: First US general strike Today's labor quote: Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later started the African American vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, died Tuesday at the age of 81. Her daughter, the acclaimed musician Toshi Reagon, shared the news of her mother's passing Wednesday night in a public Facebook post. It is impossible to separate liberation struggles from song. And in the 1960s — at marches, and in jailhouses — the voice leading those songs was often Bernice Johnson Reagon. Her work as a scholar and activist continued throughout her life, in universities and concert halls, at protests and in houses of worship. The future songleader was born in southwest Georgia, the daughter of a Baptist minister. She was admitted to a historically Black public college, Albany State, at the age of 16 and studied music. Albany, Ga., would become an important center of the civil rights movement when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested there in 1962, causing the media to descend on the town.

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later started the African American vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, died Tuesday at the age of 81. Her daughter, the acclaimed musician Toshi Reagon, shared the news of her mother's passing Wednesday night in a public Facebook post. It is impossible to separate liberation struggles from song. And in the 1960s — at marches, and in jailhouses — the voice leading those songs was often Bernice Johnson Reagon. Her work as a scholar and activist continued throughout her life, in universities and concert halls, at protests and in houses of worship. The future songleader was born in southwest Georgia, the daughter of a Baptist minister. She was admitted to a historically Black public college, Albany State, at the age of 16 and studied music. Albany, Ga., would become an important center of the civil rights movement when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested there in 1962, causing the media to descend on the town.

The Sweet Honey In The Rock founder passed July 16. Today's labor history: Labor-owned WCFL goes on-air Today's labor quote: Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The Sweet Honey In The Rock founder passed July 16. Today's labor history: Labor-owned WCFL goes on-air Today's labor quote: Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

In memory of Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founding member of the African American vocal ensemble, we share this 1996 episode of World Cafe with Sweet Honey in the Rock.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take this survey. We take the temperature on where Democrats are on President Biden staying in the presidential race with Sen. Peter Welch. He was the first Senate Democrat to call for Biden to withdraw after his "disastrous" debate performance. Then, as the Republican National Convention continues, we look at some of former President Donald Trump's policy proposals. The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos and the Washington Post's Hannah Knowles join us. And, Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the Freedom Singers during the Civil Rights Movement, has died at 81. We remember her legacy with the Smithsonian's Krystal Klingenberg.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week on the Magazine we continue with part two of our celebration of Black History Month. We'll hear music of holiness and freedom with selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, The McIntosh County Shouters and more. “Freedom in the Air” … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMatt “Guitar” Murphy / “Matt's Guitar Boogie #2” / Way Down South / AntonesTaj Mahal / “Diving Duck Blues” / The Real Thing / ColumbiaMavis Staples / “I'll Take You There” / I'll Take You There / BlackbirdGolden Gate Quartet / “Golden Gate Gospel Train” / Travelin' Shoes / RCA BluebirdWashington Phillips / “I've Got the Key to the Kingdom” / The Key to the Kingdom / YazooRoy Wilkins / “Speech” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Vol.II / GoldwaxMorehouse Glee Club / “I'm Building Me a Home” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. / GoldwaxBernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian-FolkwaysMatt “Guitar” Murphy / “Thump Tyne” / Way Down South / Antones The Clara Ward Singers / “Meetin' Tonight-This Little Light of Mine” / Meetin' Tonight / VanguardBillie Holliday / “Strange Fruit” / Protest! / ViperChampion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysFannie Lou Hamer / “Woke Up this Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian FolkwaysThe McIntosh County Shouters / “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” / Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast / Smithsonian FolkwaysSonny Treadway / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / ArhooliePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

On today's episode Taína Asili speaks with Morley, an artist deeply devoted to human rights and environmental justice. Morley's global travels have allowed her to share music with profound luminaries like His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. She has shared the stage with Toshi Reagon and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, and has starred in their renowned musical Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. Additionally, Morley spearheaded the album "Borderless Lullabies," supporting KIND, aiding the reunification of children separated by ICE. Morley recently released the album "Story of the Sky," in collaboration with her spouse and musical partner, Chris Bruce, created to ignite the imagination and joy of children and families. Join us as Morley shares what she has learned about the transformative power of sound and harmony for a more just world. Listen to the full episode at RhythmofRebellion.com or wherever podcasts are streamed. More info about Taína Asili at TainaAsili.com More info about about Morley at Morleymusic.org

Joy & Justice are the twin children of Jubilee. They go together like (love and marriage?) a horse and carriage… “You can't have one without the other!” As we seek to be God's Jubilee people for one another and the world, may we continuously form one another in the ways of joy and of justice.Sermon begins at minute marker 4:12Psalm 146Resources“Ella's Song,” written by Bernice Johnson Reagon in honor of her mentor, Ella Baker; performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock. “​​We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W): A Multi-Gospel Single-Year Lectionary, Wilda C. Gafney, Church Publishing Incorporated (2021).Voices Together, 107.Jubilee texts throughout the Bible, a sampling: Exodus 23, Leviticus 25 and 27, Deuteronomy 15, 1 Samuel 2.1-10 (Hannah's song), Psalm 113, Psalm 146, Isaiah 61, Jeremiah 34, Luke 1.46-55 (Mary's song), Luke 4.14-30 (Jesus' first public teaching)Image: a still from the GORGEOUS video of “Ella's Song,” produced and performed by the Resistance Revival Chorus. “The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) is a collective of more than 60 women, and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women's voices.”Hymn: Arise Your Light is Come. Ruth Duck (USA), 1974, © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc. William Henry Walter (USA), 1894; desc. Diana McLeod (Canada), © 1995 Diana McLeod. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Join Jim Morris, a Senior Strategist, and Inclusionist, on his journey of discovering his social identity as a cis-hetero White man and how it informs his work in inclusion. Jim discusses transformative moments in his life, including a conversation with Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of the women's singing group "Sweet Honey in the Rock," and an early childhood experience of witnessing a cross burning on his grandfather's property.This episode sheds light on the essential role of empathy and action in achieving a world that works for everyone through exploring the power of inclusion and recognizing our social identities. Jim, a leading expert in the field, shares insights on DEI work and the essential qualities of grace and patience required to succeed.Whether you are an educator, parent, corporate leader, or DEI professional, tune in for practical guidance on approaching and advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion. This episode offers valuable tips on making diversity and inclusion stick in your organizations and communities.Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is brought to you by The Diversity Movement, hosted by Head of Content Jackie Ferguson and is a production of Earfluence. Like this show? Leave us a rating and review!

Join Jim Morris, a Senior Strategist, and Inclusionist, on his journey of discovering his social identity as a cis-hetero White man and how it informs his work in inclusion. Jim discusses transformative moments in his life, including a conversation with Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of the women's singing group "Sweet Honey in the Rock," and an early childhood experience of witnessing a cross burning on his grandfather's property.This episode sheds light on the essential role of empathy and action in achieving a world that works for everyone through exploring the power of inclusion and recognizing our social identities. Jim, a leading expert in the field, shares insights on DEI work and the essential qualities of grace and patience required to succeed.Whether you are an educator, parent, corporate leader, or DEI professional, tune in for practical guidance on approaching and advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion. This episode offers valuable tips on making diversity and inclusion stick in your organizations and communities.Diversity Beyond the Checkbox is brought to you by The Diversity Movement, hosted by Head of Content Jackie Ferguson and is a production of Earfluence.

There are times in life when you need to be able to live in the vision, where you are making a leap of faith into something unknowable. Claudia Rankine is a professor of the Creative Writing Program at New York University, a recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, and National Endowment of the Arts, and one of the most celebrated writers of our time. In this episode, Rankine talks about who holds the power in our democracy and what it means to earn a mother's understanding of your work. She also reveals her superpower and the advice she would offer everyone who looks for fresh inspiration.  References Jennifer Lewis August Gold Alex Poots The Shed “Ain't Nobody Got Time For That” “Animal Joy” by Nuar Alsadir Robert Wilson and Bernice Johnson Reagon's “The Temptation of St. Anthony”  

Song leader, composer, scholar and social activist Bernice Johnson Reagon understands firsthand the power and function music has to unite people. Her life through music exemplifies that notion. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

This week we look at two early 20th century gospel composers using the book "We'll Understand Better By And By" editor by Bernice Johnson Reagon as our source material.Buy the book and support the podcast.Download this episode.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Octavia Butler's 1993 book, Parable of the Sower served as a sort of upside-down comfort read for a lot of people during the pandemic. It draws readers into a 2024 America ripped apart by poverty, corporate greed, and climate calamity -- as a teenage girl leads a rag-tag group of followers through a scary world. Two of the Butler's most famous fans, Toshi Reagon and her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon have adapted Parable of the Sower into an opera, premiering in Michigan this weekend. GUEST:  Toshi Reagon, musician, composer, producer, co-creator of "Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower" concert opera ---- Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside's theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 211: Healthy Co-Parenting: Interview with Jae Behrman and Amanda LouderWelcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Today I have an interesting duo. A divorced couple who had 3 children together. After their divorce they needed to heal and grow individually, but they also had to immediately co-parent. This is an important topic, because for children of broken homes, how this co-parenting is done can make a huge difference in how much baggage the children take away, in how secure the children feel with life, even how loved the children feel. I haven't heard someone talk about this before so I'm looking forward to today's conversation. In 2011 Jae and Amanda filed for divorce. Stay tuned to find out why. But more importantly, stay tuned to hear a story of growth and positive co-parenting and what that looks like.  Join the audio for my discussion with Jae and Amanda for the answers to some of these questions: Tell me just a little bit about who each of you are today, then we'll jump backward in time to get your story. Jae - What did you learn about yourself from your first marriage? What have you done to heal and grow? Amanda - What did you learn about yourself? What have you done to heal and grow? Jae - How is Amanda better now? What growth have you seen? Amanda - How is Jae better now? What broth have you seen? Did you always co-parent well together? What does that look like for you guys? When did you make this choice to co-parent carefully and positively and what does it look like to co-parent with someone who has hurt you? Why is co-parenting well so important to our children? Individual thoughts on change, growth, and forgiveness after divorce. I have two quotes I want to share. The first is from Oprah Winfrey. She said, “We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” Our dark days, the break-up of a family, the dissolution of a relationship, especially these times can be wake-up calls, the fast track to growth, if you let it. The second quote is from Bernice Johnson Reagon, She said, “Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” Keep creating a story you love through continued growth. Nobody gets it all right the first time. It's a process.  Please share this episode with anyone you think it will support and inspire. You can find all the show notes on our website at http://www.loveyoustorypodcast.com (www.loveyoustorypodcast.com) To contact Amanda Louder: amandalouder.com/blog/podcast See you in two weeks for the next great inspirational episode where stories show us the way forward.

Jacqui and Liz are extremely grateful to their guests for the rich and illuminating discussion of the current state of protest singing within the Black Lives Matter movement. Thank you Micah Hendler, Nikki Nesbary, Caullen Hudson, and Patrice Rhone. Micah Hendler is a musical changemaker, and covers music and social change for Forbes. He is the founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus.Nikki Nesbary is an experienced facilitator, trainer, and program manager. She is a singer and leadership team member with SongRise, a DC-based women's social justice a cappella group.Caullen Hudson is a filmmaker, activist, and founder of SoapBox productions and organizing. He is a scholar and producer of the feature documentary Chicago Drill ‘n' Activism, and produces and co-hosts the Bourbon ‘n BrownTown podcast. Check out their Collective Freedom Project,  a four-part series highlighting grassroots efforts in Chicago, Atlanta, Texas, and California to fight crimmigration.In addition to her digital activism, Patrice Rhone is a fashion fanatic, marketing professional, and blogger. She will also be rocking some classic 80s Madonna and Whitney with Jacqui and Liz at our next karaoke party.LINKSOn the march: is communal protest singing poised for a comeback? by Micah Hendler, Jun 13, 2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/micahhendler/2020/06/13/on-the-march-is-communal-protest-singing-poised-for-a-comeback/?sh=639ce5157372Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwellhttps://www.ymbarnwell.com/Marching and Singing with Ysaye Barnwell - Black Lives Matter, YouTube, uploaded Jun 9, 2020Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXV9c0-JZcgLift Every Voice and Sing by the Spellman College Glee Club, YouTube, Feb 28, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF9FOPgLpwLift Every Voice and Sing by SongRise, Juneteenth Solidarity Sing, YouTube, Premiered Jun 20, 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9I9d8Zu68Tupac interview about food in hotel, YouTube, uploaded Dec 29, 2012 (from Tupac: Resurrection)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBWjhEax3gThis is what protest sounds like by Breeanna Hare, November 19, 2017https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/us/soundtracks-protest-music-evolution/index.htmlAnti-maskers, the alt-right, and leftist messaging by Paula Ethans, October 20, 2020https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/anti-maskers-the-alt-right-and-leftist-messagingAnti-vaccine protesters are likening themselves to civil rights activists by Mackenzie Mays, Sep 18, 2019https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/18/california-anti-vaccine-civil-rights-1500976Justice Choir https://www.justicechoir.org/Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" chanted by protesters during Cleveland police altercation by Jeremy Gordon July 29, 2015https://pitchfork.com/news/60568-kendrick-lamars-alright-chanted-by-protesters-during-cleveland-police-altercation/Has Kendrick Lamar recorded the new Black national anthem? by Aisha Harris, Aug 3, 2015https://slate.com/culture/2015/08/black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-kendrick-lamars-alright-what-makes-it-the-perfect-protest-song-video.htmlKendrick Lamar - Alrighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHYReverend Gary Davis ~ I'll Be Alright Somedayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovZZL_-SWTEPete Seeger - We Shall Overcome (Live)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yQcIEFAFcYou About to Lose Your Job (Original Remix), YouTube, uploaded Jun 4, 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDyvJu05bcChief Keef "Faneto"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuEx6lNHZjMLudacris - Move Bitchhttps://youtu.be/3oIbztWsY8gBlack Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection,  Edited by Fernando Orejuela and Stephanie Shonekan, from Indiana University Presshttps://iupress.org/9780253038425/black-lives-matter-and-music/The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin, from Penguin Random HouseI'm Gon' Stand sung by Nikki NesbaryI'm Gon' Stand by Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey In The Rock, SongRise, YouTube, uploaded Nov 23, 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuKNknUbqw

In this episode I discuss one of my favorite acapella women's groups, Sweet Honey in the Rock. I talk about the origins of the group; two of their members, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Dr. Ysaye Barnwell; and why I consider their music to be a window into Black women's impact on struggles for Black freedom and justice. In the episode, portions of Wanting Memories and Ella's Song are played, with permission, and you can find them where you purchase or stream music.   For more information, visit: www.blackherstory101.com

This week we continue with our three-part celebration of Black History Month. We’ll feature music of holiness and freedom, with selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, The McIntosh County Shouters and many more. We shall overcome … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-06: Black History Month, Pt.2 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Matt “Guitar” Murphy / “Matt's Guitar Boogie #2” / Way Down South / Antones Taj Mahal / “Diving Duck Blues” / The Real Thing / Columbia Mavis Staples / “I'll Take You There” / I'll Take You There / Blackbird Golden Gate Quartet / “Golden Gate Gospel Train” / Travelin' Shoes / RCA Bluebird Washington Phillips / “I've Got the Key to the Kingdom” / The Key to the Kingdom / Yazoo Roy Wilkins / “Speech” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Vol.II / Goldwax Morehouse Glee Club / “I'm Building Me a Home” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. / Goldwax Bernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways Matt “Guitar” Murphy / “Thump Tyne” / Way Down South / Antones The Clara Ward Singers / “Meetin' Tonight-This Little Light of Mine” / Meetin' Tonight / Vanguard Billie Holliday / “Strange Fruit” / Protest! / Viper Champion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs / Smithsonian Folkways Fannie Lou Hamer / “Woke Up this Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian Folkways The McIntosh County Shouters / “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” / Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast / Smithsonian Folkways Sonny Treadway / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / Arhoolie Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Season 2's first guest is none other than THEE Michaela Harrison! This mermaid-magician-healer had a lot to say in her DEBUT podcast interview, including: -- where she feels most at home, spiritually, physically, and mentally; -- why she's never doubted her own magic and; -- how she went from befriending a squirrel to singing with whales in Brazil. Her bio: Michaela A. Harrison is a Washington, D.C. native whose career is rooted in relaying the healing, transformational power of music through song. She has performed nationally and internationally as a soloist and with various bands and musical collectives. As a resident of New Orleans for over 17 years, Michaela established an enthusiastic following at local venues such as Café Istanbul, Second Vine Wine, and Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Michaela began singing in the Baptist church at age five. Her musical style incorporates her gospel roots as well as a diverse range of genres including jazz, blues, R & B, soul, samba, MPB and African traditional music. As a protégé of Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey In The Rock, Michaela is well-versed in spirituals, work songs, and protest music from the Civil Rights era. Her soulful, heartfelt delivery of covers and original music has often moved audiences to tears. Her #TNWIDTakeaway: "When you are in the flow, when you are in surrender, when you are listening for and tuned into the signs and the messages and moving with that, the energy, the resources, the support that are needed for you to do what you came here to do are always there for you." Make sure to check out Michaela's site (https://www.michaelaharrison.org/), her Whale-Whispering GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/5gyczp-whalewhispering), and her YouTube Page (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1AlWAEOfFgZb2AgP3vqFBA)! And if you haven't just yet, don't forget to take the TNWID Survey (http://bit.ly/TNWIDSurvey) so we know what YOU want to hear more of for this season! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/support

Meditate on Gratefulness Take a few moments to meditate on how great God is. Hasn't He been good to you?  Today, stop down every couple hours to reflect on gratefulness.  God is constantly at work on your behalf.  Take the time to notice His goodness. 2 Corinthians 9:11 says, "Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God."  If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility. -Bernice Johnson Reagon

Singer and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens' 2017 album 'Freedom Highway' includes songs based on slave narratives. She notes that the modern banjo draws from the African instrument known as the akonting, which is made from a gourd. "In the first 100 years of its existence, the [American] banjo was known as a plantation instrument, as a black instrument," she says.During the civil rights movement, Bernice Johnson Reagon sang freedom songs from jail, in marches and churches. She was a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee's Freedom Singers in the '60s. She spoke with Terry Gross in 1988 about the songs she sang as an activist.

"Los retos de la vida no están ahí para paralizarte, sino para ayudarte a descubrir quién eres. (Bernice Johnson Reagon).?????" Y nuestro programa de hoy se lo dedico a Juan Fco. Garrido de Valparaiso (Chile), nuestro 2º suscriptor del mes de Mayo... ¡Bienvenido a la Comunidad Dragonz! Y hoy hablamos de cine y artes marciales con Sergi Subirá Coordinador de Especialistas en IN EXTREMIS, trabajando en películas como la próxima Xtremo de Teo García, o las conocidas REC 3, Superlópez, Anacleto agente secreto, y otras muchas... y que en este tiempo de confinamiento no se ha estado quieto, y desde casa ha estado trabajando en "StuntFromHome".

Hello Runners! How are you? Are you doing ok and getting through this pandemic as best you can? Our lives have changed for sure, and self distancing and self isolation is surely difficult especially since we never experienced anything like this in our lifetime. But we will get through it! Keep the faith. We are fortunate as runners to be able to still go outside and run. There are many runners who are doctors, nurses, police officers, pharmacists and many first responders who are putting their lives on the line to save lives. There are grocery store workers and employees in essential businesses who must work in the general public and are also potentially exposed to the COVID-19 virus. We thank each and every one of you. In this episode, I'm reaching out to the running community. What are you doing to keep your running and fitness up? Is it getting harder to stay motivated? What is your routine? We can motivate each other. I am starting a forum where you can do just that. It is important that we communicate during this time. Go to FeelGoodRunning.com (FeelGoodRunning.com ) and on the main page is a tab to click which gives you the opportunity to record up to a five minute audio message. Let us know what your running routine is like during this pandemic. Feel free to say a few words about what else you are doing to keep yourself busy such as movies or TV shows you are watching, family activities you are doing or even a project you have put off until now. Don't worry about messing up. I will edit pieces out of what you submit and include them in upcoming episodes. If we get good participation, I will get out two episodes a week as we go through this. This is all about you sharing with other runners! These episodes will be about 15 minutes in length. I really hope you will participate and share this with your running friends so they can send a voice message themselves. Let's start something here that is positive, inspiring and motivates us all! When you leave your message, please say your first name and where you are from. Please be safe, wash your hands, wear your mask and stay 6 feet from everyone. Stay healthy and let's hope life gets back to normal soon! ~ Jim   SHOW NOTES Dan Frank - Ran 102 miles in 24 hours to raise money for Maryland Food Bank during COVID-19 - (http://www.adventuresforthecure.com/campaigns?fbclid=IwAR1t4DrPbe5VN6lDnrQGzAGq7g_ZhnqEjl1WDewfvXktzYS9ZR7LQLkSnZQ#2020-03-24%2024hrs%20For%20Community) . Gareth Allen - Ran a marathon in his backyard and called it the Garden Marathon. (https://www.facebook.com/TheAllenAsylumWarden/videos/d41d8cd9/10157197095936762/) - Replay of Gareth's run. (https://www.youtube.com/user/nprmusic) - On YouTube and several great intimate concerts with famous musicians and not as well know musicians. Addicting and very entertaining. Inspirational Running Quote (during these trying times) “Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are” – Bernice Johnson Reagon   Communicate - Please consider leaving an audio message of your running routine you are following during this pandemic. How have you adjusted your running approach due to the social distancing and self isolation? (https://feelgoodrunning.com/) and click the tab on the page.   Share “Feel Good Running” Podcast Again, I want to thank you for listening to my podcast! You can really help out by leaving a rating and review on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0C0FK80JwWN348RP9xHPt2) ! And please share the Feel Good Running podcast with your friends and on your Social Media platforms. It would mean the world to me and help the show to grow!  

Musician Toshi Reagon and her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, adapted Octavia E. Butler's novel "Parable of the Sower" into a folk opera, showing at O'Shaughnessy for one night only, Friday, Apr. 26th.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC, focusing on civil rights activist and singer Bernice Johnson Reagon. Johnson Reagon is the founder of the Harambee Singers and the all-woman acappella group Sweet Honey and the Rock. She uses her powerful singing to allow others to study the African American oral tradition in radio, film, and concerts across the country. During this episode, Part 3 of our series, you will hear a speech delivered by Johnson Reagon at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference.

Pastor Megan opens our Advent season of Revolutionary Songs with a sermon reflecting on how singing has sustained movements of just peace across time and place. Encounter the story of Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the Freedom Singers during the Civil Rights Movement and Sweet Honey in the Rock since then.

Take a few moments to mediate on the gratefulness which exudes you.  Ponder and dance to the simplicities of God's blessings.  Look around you.  Take it all in.  In your stillness, smile and say, "God I thank You for____________."  2 Corinthians 9:11 says, "Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God." If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility. -Bernice Johnson Reagon     Stolen Lunches is a bible study community of believers.  We hold men, women, and couples bible studies.  We have annual retreats, missions trips and weekly prayer calls.  You can join us from anywhere in the world.  Sign up for our newsletters & stay connected.   Steal away with us and be fed by God~ Stolen Lunches.   

Q2 Music is thrilled to offer an advance listen to Helga, a new podcast that features conversations with diverse, uncompromising and socially conscious artists across the creative and performing arts spectrum. Launching next week with two episodes — acclaimed opera director Peter Sellars (Monday, Nov. 14) and singer and My Brightest Diamond bandleader Shara Nova (Tuesday, Nov. 15) — Helga's first season will continue with 10 episodes released Mondays through Jan. 9. Get a sneak peek of excerpts from the first few episodes in the audio above, and please help new audiences discover Helga by giving the show a rating and review on iTunes. “Artists play an important role on the front lines of social change, often confronting issues in ways that touch people more intimately than political rhetoric. I couldn’t be more excited (and nervous!) to launch this podcast, and to speak with artists across the creative spectrum who display a radical autonomy in their work, and actively push against their place in the larger community and culture — and show us how we can too.” — Helga Davis Subscribe to Helga on iTunes. About the host: Helga Davis is a sought-after vocalist for anyone who had something experimental or difficult to communicate. She has collaborated with noted musicians including Lawrence “Butch” Morris, Nona Hendryx, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Shara Nova and Paola Prestini — who in 2012, wrote the chamber opera Oceanic Verses for her. During that year, she was also chosen from among 40 performers to star as principal in the international revival of Robert Wilson’s and Philip Glass’s landmark opera Einstein on the Beach. Read more.

In the first episode of our Five from the Archives series, we tell the story behind the rise of the protest song “We Shall Overcome,” featuring its journey from the southern black church to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement--as well as its connection to the Old Town School of Folk Music. Recordings featured in this episode: - “We Shall Overcome” as performed by Guy Carawan, circa 1980, from the George Armstrong collection - “Glory of Love” as performed by Big Bill Broonzy at Circle Pines Center, Mich., 1950s Sources: - Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through its Songs by Guy and Candie Carawan - Liner notes of Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, by Bernice Johnson Reagon http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/smithsonian_folkways/SFW40084.pdf - The Library of Congress - https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/02/tracing-the-long-journey-of-we-shall-overcome/

Special Guest: Toshi Reagon has been described as “a talented, versatile singer, songwriter and musician with a profound ear for sonic Americana—from folk to funk, from blues to rock” by critic/blogger Eva Yaa Asantewaa (InfiniteBody). “She masters each of these genres with vocal strategies that easily spiral and swoop from the expressively sinuous to the hard-charging, a combination of warmth and mischief.” While her expansive career has landed her comfortably in residence at Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House and Madison Square Garden, you can just as easily find Toshi turning out a music festival, intimate venue or local club. Toshi finds home on any musical stage. Toshi has had the pleasure of working with Lenny Kravitz, Lizz Wright, Ani DiFranco, Carl Hancock Rux, Nona Hendryx, Pete Seeger, Chocolate Genius and many other amazing artists, including her favorite collaborator, her mom, Bernice Johnson Reagon. Toshi has been the recipient of a NYFA award for Music Composition, The Black Lily Music and Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance. She is a National Women’s History Month Honoree, and is the 2010 recipient of OutMusic’s Heritage Award. www.toshireagon.com

Bernice Johnson Reagon - The Arts, Creativity & The Common Good - 10/20/05 by westminsterforum

Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, songtalker, from Sunday, March 17, 2013

Piedmont blues from John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, the poetry of Sterling A. Brown, and Civil Rights singers Bernice Johnson Reagon, Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, and Paul Robeson. Plus, a Baltimore sea chantey, a Canadian land prospector’s lonely ballad, and a song learned in a dream.

International touring folk artists, Kim and Reggie Harris combine a strong folk and gospel legacy with a solid background in classical, rock, jazz and pop music. Creative curiosity, years of road and stage experience and interactions with performers such as Pete Seeger, Ysaye Barnwell, Jay Leno, Tom Paxton, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Harry Belafonte and others, has led them to produce music that entertains and inspires. With numerous recordings on the Appleseed Recordings and the Folk Era labels they are also featured on a number of compilations, films and educational projects worldwide. www.kimandreggie.com

Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon in 1973 at the D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company, Sweet Honey In The Rock®, internationally renowned a cappella ensemble, has been a vital and innovative presence in the music culture of Washington, D.C., and in communities of conscience around the world. From Psalm 81:16 comes the promise to a people of being fed by honey out of the rock. Honey – an ancient substance, sweet and nurturing. Rock – an elemental strength, enduring the winds of time. The metaphor of sweet honey in the rock captures completely these African American women whose repertoire is steeped in the sacred music of the Black church, the clarion calls of the civil rights movement, and songs of the struggle for justice everywhere. Following up on their 2008 Grammy-nominated release, Experience…101, Sweet Honey returned to the studio to record Go In Grace, original music composed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Together these two artistic treasures of the African American experience performed this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration throughout the United States during the 2008-09 season. Equally thrilling was the invitation received from First Lady Michelle Obama in February of 2009 to perform at the White House in celebration of African-American History Month. As the Associated Press reported, “foot-stomping music filled the East Room…” as Sweet Honey sang for 6 and 7 graders from around the city. Sweet Honey In The Rock is Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson, and Shirley Childress Saxton. http://www.sweethoney.com/

Lyrics: Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain’t gonna let no jail house turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let no jail house turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain’t gonna let no nervous Nellie turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let no nervous Nellie turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain’t gonna let Chief Pritchett turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let Chief Pritchett turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain’t gonna let Mayor Kelley turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let Mayor Kelley turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain't gonna let no Uncle Tom turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let no Uncle Tom turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land. Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around Turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marchin’ up to Freedom Land.