Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

African American Folklore
African American Scholarship
African American Food Recipes
African American Music
African American History in Texas

Juneteenth Texas explores African-American folkways and traditions from both African-American and white perspectives. Included are descriptions and classifications of different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; explorations of songs and stories and specific performers such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Manse Lipscomb, and Bongo Joe; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

Francis Edward Abernethy (Editor), Patrick B. Mullen (Editor), Alan B. Govenar

This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas Folklore Society Publications and was provided by the UNT Press to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.

University of North Texas Press
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

1st Edition, Originally Published, 1996
2nd Edition, LIV Paperback, April 21, 2010

About the Editors: FRANCIS EDWARD ABERNETHY was Regents Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, the executive secretary and editor of the Texas Folklore Society, the curator of exhibits for the East Texas Historical Association, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. PATRICK B. MULLEN is professor of English at Ohio State University. ALAN GOVENAR is president of Documentary Arts and a writer, folklorist, photographer, and filmmaker.

Contributing Author Include:
Ross, Donald R. Black Sacred Harp Singing Remembered
Truvillion, Jesse Henry Truvillion of the Big Thicket: A Song Worth Singing
Jackson, James Thomas Once Upon a Time in Houston's Fourth Ward
Daniels, Clyde E. Where the Cedars Grove
Alyn, Glen Mance Lipscomb: Fight, Flight or the Blues
Baker, T. Lindsay More than Just 'Possum'n Taters: Texas-African Foodways in the WPA Slave Narratives
Rosenburg, Jan Giving Honor to God, the Joy and Salvation in My Life: The Appreciation Service in Song
Thomas, Lorenzo From Gumbo to Grammys: The Development of Zydeco Music in Houston
Oliphant, Dave From Bebop to Hard Bop and Beyond: The Texas Jazz Connection
Burns, Richard Allen African-American Blacksmithing
Govenar, Alan Musical Traditions of Twentieth Century African-American Cowboys
Wardlaw, Alvia J. John Biggers-Artist: Traditional Folkways of the Black Community
Wiggins, William H., Jr. Juneteenth: A Red Spot Day on the Texas Calendar
Wheat, John Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Bard of the Third Ward
Mullen, Pat "Bongo Joe": A Traditional Street Performer
Minton, John West African Fiddles in Deep East Texas
Harris, Trudier "The Yellow Rose of Texas": A Different Cultural View
Prather, Patricia Smith The Texas Trailblazer Project
Editors Bookmark this section
Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler Assistant Editor
Mullen, Patrick B. Co-Editor
Govenar, Alan B. Co-Editor

Public Domain, Original Repository Archive, Abernethy, Francis Edward. Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore, book, 1996; Denton, Texas. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting source: UNT Press.

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1574412833
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1574412833

Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.

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