#RIP Bernice Johndon Reagon
"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."

https://www.wboi.org/npr-news/2024-07-17/bernice-johnson-reagon-a-founder-of-the-freedom-singers-and-sweet-honey-in-the-rock-has-died

@ChrisPierson I first heard her incredible voice on an old Pete Seeger record. I was lucky enough to hear her again a dozen times over the ensuing years both solo and with the amazing Sweet Honey in the Rock. She was a voice that was always welcome and one that I'll miss greatly.