page_title: Sweet Honey in the Rock
section_title: Previous group members
hierarchical_section_title: Sweet Honey in the Rock / Members / Previous group members
caption_attribution_description: ...how lucky I feel to have been able to see them perform twice this year. They were just as lovely and amazing as the first time.
context_page_description: Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an American three-time Grammy Award–nominated troupe who express their history as black women through song, dance, and sign language. Originally a four-person ensemble, the group has expanded to five-part harmonies, with a sixth member acting as a sign-language interpreter. Although the members have changed over four decades, the group continues to sing and perform worldwide.
context_section_description: Ysaye Maria Barnwell
  Bernice Johnson Reagon (founder)
  Shirley Childress Saxton (sign language interpreter)
  Arnae Batson
  Mie
  Dianaruthe Wharton
  Evelyn Maria Harris
  Rosie Lee Hooks
  Ayodele Harrington
  Ingrid Ellis
  Tia Juana Starks
  Patricia Johnson
  Yasmeen Williams
  Laura Sharp
  Tulani Jordan Kinard
  Helena Coleman
  Geraldine Hardin
  Akua Opokuwaa
caption: Sweet Honey in the Rock in Concert, 2006.
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