Music & Culture Arts National Race Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of The Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, has died 7:52pm July 17, 2024 by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
Arts Music & Culture Books Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera 3:31pm July 14, 2023 by Anastasia Tsioulcas Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon's new musical retelling explores the web of past, present and future. Add to Listen QueueListen Now