Juneteenth Texas
Juneteenth Texas
Francis Edward Abernethy, senior editor ; Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite, assistant editor ; coeditors, Patrick B. Mullen, Alan B. Govenar.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) : illustrations ;
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 54 .
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
African-American folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society / Black sacred harp singing remembered in East Texas / Henry Truvillion of the big thicket : a song worth singing / Once upon a time in Houston's fourth ward / Where the Cedar Grove / Mance Lipscomb : fight, flight or the blues / More than just 'possum'n taters : Texas-African foodways in the WPA slave narratives / Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song / From gumbo to Grammys : the development of Zydeco music in Houston / From Behop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connection / African-American blacksmithing in east Texas / Musical traditions of twentieth century African-American cowboys / John Biggers, artist : traditional folkways of the black community / The African-American folktale and J. Mason Brewer / Juneteenth : a red spot day on the Texas calendar / Lightnin' Hopkins : blues bard of the third ward / "Bongo Joe" : a traditional street performer / West African fiddles in deep east Texas / "The yellow rose of Texas" : a different cultural view / The Texas trailblazer project / The Texas African-Americanphotography collection and archive / The African-American Museum of Dallas / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Donald R. Ross -- Jesse Truvillion -- James Thomas Jackson -- Clyde E. Daniels -- Glen alyn -- T. Lindsay Baker -- Jan Rosenberg -- Lorenzo Thomas -- Dave Oliphant -- Richard Allen Burns -- Alan Govenar -- Alvia J. Wardlaw -- Lorenzo Thomas -- William H. Wiggins, Jr. -- John Wheat -- Pat Mullen -- John Minton -- Trudier Harris -- Patricia Smith Prather -- Alan Govenar -- Alan Govenar.
Open Access
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. 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.
9781574410181
Literatur
Afroamerikanische Musik
Folklore.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African Americans.
Noirs americains--Moeurs et coutumes.--Texas
Folklore--Texas.
Noirs americains--Folklore--Texas.
Folklore--Texas.
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Texas
African Americans--Folklore.--Texas
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Texas
Folklore--Texas.
African Americans--Texas--Folklore.
Schwarze.
Texas
Texas.
Texas--Folklore and legends.
Folklore.
Folklore.
Electronic books.
African-American folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society / Black sacred harp singing remembered in East Texas / Henry Truvillion of the big thicket : a song worth singing / Once upon a time in Houston's fourth ward / Where the Cedar Grove / Mance Lipscomb : fight, flight or the blues / More than just 'possum'n taters : Texas-African foodways in the WPA slave narratives / Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song / From gumbo to Grammys : the development of Zydeco music in Houston / From Behop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connection / African-American blacksmithing in east Texas / Musical traditions of twentieth century African-American cowboys / John Biggers, artist : traditional folkways of the black community / The African-American folktale and J. Mason Brewer / Juneteenth : a red spot day on the Texas calendar / Lightnin' Hopkins : blues bard of the third ward / "Bongo Joe" : a traditional street performer / West African fiddles in deep east Texas / "The yellow rose of Texas" : a different cultural view / The Texas trailblazer project / The Texas African-Americanphotography collection and archive / The African-American Museum of Dallas / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Donald R. Ross -- Jesse Truvillion -- James Thomas Jackson -- Clyde E. Daniels -- Glen alyn -- T. Lindsay Baker -- Jan Rosenberg -- Lorenzo Thomas -- Dave Oliphant -- Richard Allen Burns -- Alan Govenar -- Alvia J. Wardlaw -- Lorenzo Thomas -- William H. Wiggins, Jr. -- John Wheat -- Pat Mullen -- John Minton -- Trudier Harris -- Patricia Smith Prather -- Alan Govenar -- Alan Govenar.
Open Access
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. 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.
9781574410181
Literatur
Afroamerikanische Musik
Folklore.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African Americans.
Noirs americains--Moeurs et coutumes.--Texas
Folklore--Texas.
Noirs americains--Folklore--Texas.
Folklore--Texas.
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Texas
African Americans--Folklore.--Texas
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Texas
Folklore--Texas.
African Americans--Texas--Folklore.
Schwarze.
Texas
Texas.
Texas--Folklore and legends.
Folklore.
Folklore.
Electronic books.