https://www.facebook.com/groups/38510854398/posts/10156666329059399/ post by Robert Wolpert, 2018: “Pete Seeger lived so simply and was so generous; I would say his legacy would be his incredible love for Toshi. And the other would be to let things pass through you, that to take them in and give them away." – Toshi Reagon Toshi Reagon is Pete Seeger’s goddaughter. Toshi Reagon is named after Toshi Seeger. She is also a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and social activist. Toshi Reagan's parents are Cordell and Bernice Johnson Reagan. In 1962, Cordell and Bernice were part of the civil rights group, “The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee”. Their good friend, Pete Seeger, suggested that they should use music to help the cause. The group they created, “The Freedom Singers”, went on to spread a musical message of racial desegregation across the country. “After a song, the differences between us were not so great. Somehow, making a song required an expression of that which was common to us all . . . This music was like an instrument, like holding a tool in your hand.” - Bernice Johnson Reagon Cordell Reagon died in 1996, the victim of homicide. The case remains unsolved. https://sncclegacyproject.org/in-memoriam-cordell-reagon/
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