It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.
Bernice Johnson ReagonIf you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition.
Bernice Johnson ReagonThere is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.
Bernice Johnson ReagonThe Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.
Bernice Johnson Reagon