But she almost never spoke about her past life as a singer and songwriter in the 1960s and early ’70s. She’d gotten rid of her ... In 1964, she composed the song “Sign My Name to Freedom,” in honor of ...

For over four decades, Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice. An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song ...

These songs and chants of freedom, sung by protestors, activists, and civil rights leaders during the 1950s and 1960s, have now been taken up anew in "Soundtrack" by such contemporary performers ...