I Organized Sweet Honey In The Rock

I Started Graduate School In 1971, I Started Working At The Smithsonian In The Festival In 1972. I Went Full-time At The Smithsonian In 1974. And I Got My Doctorate In 1975.

The Civil Rights Movement Also Reaffirmed Me As A Singer. It Taught Me That Singing Was Not Entertainment, It Was Something Else.

I Came Out Of The Civil Rights Movement, And I Had A Different Kind Of Focus Than Most People Who Have Just The Academic Background As Their Primary Training Experience

I Learned That If You Bring Black People Together, You Bring Them Together With A Song. To This Day, I Don't Understand How People Think They Can Bring Anybody Together Without A Song.

The Smithsonian Festival Of American Folklife, Actually, Was An Effort To Put Something On The Mall In Washington So American Tourists Could Walk Through America, And In Their Minds Everything On The Mall Would Be American