A biography for Bernice Johnson Reagonhasn’t been written yet.
“If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.”
“It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.”
“I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.”
“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.”
“There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.”
“When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.”
“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.”