Thursday, February 25, 2010, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Bernice Johnson Reagon (mother) and Toshi Reagon (daughter) come together to create a collaborative, live presentation of music and talk that celebrates the African American musical tradition and the role of art in the struggle for what is just and right. Independently these women have broken new ground charting the course of their lives as prolific, socially conscious recording artists.
Bernice Johnson Reagon began her work during the 1960s as a freedom singer, and continues to perform since retiring from “Sweet Honey In The Rock,” the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble she formed in 1973. A brilliant songwriter, Toshi Reagon is a powerful genre-bending musician, whether working solo or fronting her own dynamic band, “Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely.”
These artists will reflect on their lives in music and the civil rights movement, how the two worlds overlap and how they have used each to make better the other – and of course, to perform! This is a “don’t miss.”
$10 Members / $15 non-members, $10 each in groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased online here: https://www.maah-detroit.org/reagon/index.php
Package deals are available with other great events such as Emergency (2/24), Sarah Jones (3/18) or Passing (3/28). For more information, please call (313) 494-5800.
Brought to you with the generous support of Bank of America, DTE Energy, and Masco Corporation.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201-1443
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