Abstract
Abstract Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon is a groundbreaking contributor to the field of folklore studies. Reagon's career as a historian, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, founding participant in the Association of African and African American Folklorists, and founder and director of the Smithsonian Institution's Program in Black Culture provides a body of scholarly perspectives and interpretations for folklore studies that encompasses community-based renditions of history, public culture, and deeper theorizing about the construct of authenticity in folklore studies. Her significance to folklore studies is yet to be examined in depth, and this article is a call to the field to do so.
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