Reggie Harris 
Searching for Solid Ground [EPUB ebook] 
A Memoir

A Note on Language

Preface

1. Let There Be Music

2. Across the Great Divide

3. Pickle in the Middle

4. A Detour, and a Taste of Freedom

5. Finding My Musical Path

6. A Way Outta No Way

7. A Cultural Ambassador for Music, Healing, and Hope

8. “Are These Stories True?”

9. O Say, Can You See?

10. Touring While Black

11. Out in the Country

12. I Have No People . . . or Do I?

13. A Second Chance at Life

14. Hickory Hill

15. Deeper Than the Skin

16. The Living Legacy Project

17. The Balsam Guys

18. Toward Solid Ground

19. Sankofa

Reggie Harris is a musician, storyteller, and educator. A winner of the 2021 Spirit of Folk Award and the 2021 W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Award, Harris is also a teaching artist in the Kennedy Center’s Changing Education Through the Arts Program and co-president and director of music education for the Living Legacy Project. Known for over forty years as one half of the folk duo Kim and Reggie Harris, he continues to inspire audiences with the message of joy, unity, and peace through his powerful live performances.
Linda Hansell is an educator and writer who collaborates with individuals to write their memoirs. She also writes literary nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in literary journals and anthologies such as Emerald Coast Review, Wising Up Anthology, Months to Years, and Hippocampus Books. In addition to writing, she has created and directed innovative urban education programs and taught at the University of Pennsylvania.