Sweet Honey in the Rock bring a whirlwind of concerts and workshops to Twin Cities
Excerpted from an article by Lydia Howell in TC Daily Planet
On February 18th, first lady Michelle Obama invited six African-American women, dressed in flowing bright colors, to sing to 180 school children in what may have been the first Black History Month event at the White House. Sweet Honey in the Rock taught the children a civil rights anthem, “This Little Light Of Mine”—coming full circle, since the group’s founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, a member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, sang at the 1963 March on Washington. When Sweet Honey in the Rock return to the Twin Cities on March 6-10, they will engage in a whirlwind of concerts and workshops that embody the power of song to unite people with one another, sharing their history of struggle and inspiring action.
