Keynote address: ”I Woke Up This Morning…Are There Any Rights I’m Entitled To?” by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon on March 20, 2014
On March 20, 2014 the keynote address for the African American Music in World Culture: Art as Refuge & Strength in the Struggle for Freedom conference was given by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon.
‘For more than a half-century Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice. An African-American woman’s voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s, she is a composer, songleader, scholar and producer.’