The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bernice Johnson Reagon.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 44 min., 48 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.231 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Bernice Johnson Reagon |
| Portion of title | Bernice Johnson Reagon |
| Abstract | Professor and music composer Bernice Johnson Reagon was born on October 4, 1942 in Albany, Georgia. In 1961, while attending Albany State College, Reagon was arrested during a civil rights demonstration. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers after being suspended from the university. Reagon later graduated from Spelman College with her B.A. degree in history and earned her Ph.D. degree in U.S. history from Howard University. In 1973, she founded Sweet Honey in the Rock, a renowned African American a cappella quintet, composing and producing much of the group's repertoire. She has also composed music for several film projects, including the Emmy-winning We Shall Overcome. From 1974, she worked as a folklorist and curator for the Smithsonian Institution and beginning in 1993, was a distinguished professor of history at American University. Reagon's scholarly work focused on African American music and the songs of the civil rights movement. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 September 22. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 November 21. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2003.231 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |