Pat Johnson
A National Heritage Fellow keeping Pocahontas history alive.
Pat Johnson is the founder and director of the Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum in Pocahontas, a community hub and museum dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans in Randolph County and across Arkansas.
In 2024, Johnson received the Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, recognizing her lifelong dedication to community cultural work and preservation.
At the Arkansas Folklife Festival, Johnson appears in conversation with Meredith Martin-Moats on the Common Threads Stage to discuss the long, patient work of building community through place, story, and shared tradition.
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