I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience.
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As the years of work passed at the Smithsonian as a scholar, I realized that Howard had trained me well for the work I wanted to do.Bernice Johnson Reagon
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
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I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961.
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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
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But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.
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