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Bernice Johnson Reagon

"Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion."

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Donna Grant

"Look to the Lord and the power of His grace."

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Donna Grant

"I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth."

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Donna Grant

"Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice."

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Donna Grant

"All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test-if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit."

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Donna Grant

"Soul winning for Christ Jesus is a great business everyone must endeavor to start and keep it diligently."

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Donna Grant

"Lord I thank you for the gift of breath, eyes to see, ears to hear, tongue to taste, nose to smell, mouth to speak, face to smile, voice to sing, body to dance, legs to walk, mind to think and hands to write."

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Donna Grant

"Christians are the hope of any country."

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Donna Grant

"Some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns..."

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Donna Grant

"The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it."

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Donna Grant

"Any bridge you refuse to burn gives Satan an invitation and re-entry point into your life."

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion."

Religion

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975."

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs."

Religion

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"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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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival."

African

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement."

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement."

Music

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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."

Experience

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment."

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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers."

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