Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-

LC control no.	n 80026740
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Johnson, Bernice, 1942- Johnson Reagon, Bernice, 1942-
Biography/History note	Individual was a Grammy awardee, a Peabody awardee and a Presidential Medal awardee.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19421004
Place of birth	Albany (Ga.)
Affiliation	Howard University Smithsonian Institution Harambee Singers Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group) American University (Washington, D.C.) Spelman College
Profession or occupation	Historians Singers Composers Educators
Found in	Folk songs: the South. [Phonodisc] 1965. All music guide WWW site, Apr. 16, 2001 (Bernice Johnson Reagon, b. Oct 4, 1942 in Dougherty City, GA) Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (Negro singer) African American National Biography, accessed March 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Reagon, Bernice Johnson; Bernice Johnson; musician, historian, singer, composer, educator; born 04 October 1942 in Albany, Georgia, United States; studied voice at Albany State College (1959-1962); BA in History from Spelman College (1970); PhD in History from Howard University (1975); founding member and director of Harambee Singers in Atlanta (1966); founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Grammy Award-winning cappella (1973-2003); worked as a folklorist, program director, and curator for the Smithsonian Institution (1974); was professor of history at American University, Washington DC (1993); received the Peabody Award for Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Traditions (1994); won Presidential Medal (1995), Isadora Duncan Award (1996), Leeway Laurel National Award for Women in the Arts (2000); William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professor in the Fine Arts at Spelman College (2002-2004)) Seeger, Pete. Live at Newport, 1993: container, insert (Bernice Johnson)