The Book of Negro Folklore [1 ed.]

An anthology of music, prose, and poetry representing the cultural heritage of the American Negro

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English Pages 664 [333] Year 1958

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The Book of Negro Folklore [1 ed.]

Table of contents :
Introduction
Contents
I. Animal Tales
II. Animal Rhymes
III. Memories of Slavery
IV. Sometimes in the Mind
V. God, Man and the Devil
VI. Do You Call That a Preacher?
VII. Ghost Stories
VIII. Black Magic and Chance
IX. On the Levee
X. Amen Corner
XI. Spirituals
XII. Gospel Songs
XIII. Pastime Rhymes
XIV. Ballads
XV. Blues
XVI. Work Songs
XVII. Street Cries
XVIII. Playsongs and Games
XIX. The Jazz Folk
XX. Harlem Jive
XXI. The "Problem"
XXII. Songs in the Folk Manner
XXIII. Poetry in the Folk Manner
XXIV. Prose in the Folk Manner

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