In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't convince other people to really do it. And this year, I'm not running it.

and Beatrice Johnson Bernice was born and raised in southwest Georgia where music was an integral part of life. C. Early life and education
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Bernice Johnson Reagon (born October 4 1942) is a singer composer scholar and social activist who founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973.