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Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer, songwriter and scholar (born 1942)

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Bernice Johnson Reagon

American singer, songwriter and scholar (1942–2024)

Bernice Johnson Reagon was an American song leader, composer, professor of American history, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, organized by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)…
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July 17

Day of the year

July 17 is the 198th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 167 days remain until the end of the year.
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