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.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I`m still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I`m still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
As the years of work passed at the Smithsonian as a scholar, I realized that Howard had trained me well for the work I wanted to do.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
[on Frank Sinatra] When he dies, they`re giving his zipper to the Smithsonian.
Dean Martin
