An edition of Juneteenth Texas (1996)
Juneteenth Texas
Essays in African-American Folklore (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
By Patrick Mullen
Publish Date
October 1996
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Language
eng
Pages
364
Description:
Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.