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Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

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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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October 4

Day of the year

October 4 is the 277th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 88 days remain until the end of the year.
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