Bernice Johnson Reagon - I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first...

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I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Ich denke, die Bürgerrechtsbewegung hat diese Richtung für mich verändert. Das erste, was ich tat, war, die Schule zu verlassen. Ich wurde im Dezember 1961 wegen meiner Teilnahme an Bewegungsdemonstrationen in meiner Heimatstadt suspendiert.

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