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Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81

A singer, composer, curator and founder of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she provided a gospel soundtrack for the civil rights movement.

By Trip Gabriel

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Apocalypse Nowish: An Octavia Butler Opera May Be Prophetic

Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon adapted Butler’s dystopian “Parable of the Sower.” Their opera makes its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.

By Salamishah Tillet