Bernice Johnson Reagon

Acting

Born: 1942-10-04

Died: 2024-07-16

Gender: Female

She was an American song leader, composer, scholar, and civil rights activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding member of the Freedom Singers.

Awards & Nominations6 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Heinz Award

2003

🏆 Won

Charles Frankel Prize

1995

🏆 Won

Candace Award

1991

🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

1989

🏆 Won

Thomas Merton Award

1984

🏆 Won

National Humanities Medal