Credited on the record as Bernice Reagon.
Room in the Circle
1975 · Paredon Records P-1028 · USA
- Artist
- Bernice Johnson Reagon
- Credited on the record as
- Bernice Reagon
- Title
- Room in the Circle
- Release
- Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- Paredon Records # P-1028
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Bernice Johnson Reagon
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
Bernice Johnson Reagon - born 4 October 1942 in Georgia, Atlanta, USA (died 16 July 2024). She was a contemporary folk singer and political activist, prominent in the Civil Rights movement. She released the album Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter (1975), which contained two songs referencing the Vietnam War: "Room in the Circle" and "There's a New World Coming". Moreover, she was a member of The Freedom Singers group, which released the album The Freedom Singers Sing of Freedom Now! (1965), which featured the Vietnam War song "I'm a Demonstratin' G.I. From Fort Bragg". In 1968 she featured on the Pete Seeger album Pete Seeger Now (Columbia Records # CS 9717), including one Vietnam War song, "Backlash Blues". Room in the Circle (Reagon, Bernice) There's a New World Coming (Reagon, Bernice) Contemporary folk, gospel - mainly Civil Rights, contained reference to Vietnamese.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Paredon P-1028; producer Barbara Dane; with an 8-page booklet of song texts. Also on the Smithsonian Folkways CD reissue (SF 40049, 1997).
About the artist
Contemporary folk singer and political activist, prominent in the Civil Rights movement and a member of The Freedom Singers. Born 4 October 1942, Georgia; died 16 July 2024. [Rate Your Music]
Themes
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]