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Thread #173435   Message #4206567
Posted By: Felipa
06-Aug-24 - 10:12 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024)
Subject: RE: Obit: Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024)
re my query about the name of Bernice Johnson Reagon and Cordell Reagon's daughter Toshi, it does seem probable that she was named for Toshi Seeger. Ken Miles wrote on a Facebook discussion, "Pete and Toshi helped the Freedom Singers a lot. Bernice Johnson Reagon spent time at the Seeger home in Beacon and eventually named her daughter Toshi. And Toshi Seeger booked the Freedom Singers on a tour of colleges throughout the U.S."
quotation from a comment at https://www.facebook.com/groups/38510854398/posts/10159698411149399/

another Bob Wolpert "Pete Seeger" page post about Bernice Johnson Reagon: https://www.facebook.com/groups/38510854398/posts/10159009343184399/