The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American.

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.