LEADER 04272nam 2200421 450 001 9910163540103321 005 20230328091812.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001048118 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50982 035 $a(NjHacI)993710000001048118 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001048118 100 $a20230328d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJuneteenth Texas $eEssays in African-American Folklore /$fFrancis Edward Abernethy [and three others] 210 1$aDenton, Texas :$cUniversity of North Texas Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) $cillustrations, portraits 225 1 $aPublications of the Texas Folklore Society ;$v54 311 $a1-57441-283-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAfrican-American folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society / Francis Edward Abernethy -- Black sacred harp singing remembered in East Texas / Donald R. Ross -- Henry Truvillion of the big thicket : a song worth singing / Jesse Truvillion -- Once upon a time in Houston's fourth ward / James Thomas Jackson -- Where the Cedar Grove / Clyde E. Daniels -- Mance Lipscomb : fight, flight or the blues / Glen Alyn -- More than just 'possum'n taters : Texas-African foodways in the WPA slave narratives / T. Lindsay Baker -- Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song / Jan Rosenberg -- From gumbo to Grammys : the development of Zydeco music in Houston / Lorenzo Thomas -- From Bebop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connection / Dave Oliphant -- African-American blacksmithing in east Texas / Richard Allen Burns -- Musical traditions of twentieth century African-American cowboys / Alan Govenar -- John Biggers, artist : traditional folkways of the black community / Alvia J. Wardlaw -- The African-American folktale and J. Mason Brewer / Lorenzo Thomas -- Juneteenth : a red spot day on the Texas calendar / William H. Wiggins, Jr -- Lightnin' Hopkins : blues bard of the third ward / John Wheat -- "Bongo Joe" : a traditional street performer / Pat Mullen -- West African fiddles in deep east Texas / John Minton -- "The yellow rose of Texas" : a different cultural view / Trudier Harris -- The Texas trailblazer project / Patricia Smith Prather -- The Texas African-American photography collection and archive / Alan Govenar -- The African-American Museum of Dallas / Alan Govenar. 330 $aAnnotation Juneteenth Texas explores African-American folkways and traditions from both African-American and white perspectives. Included are descriptions and classifications of different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; explorations of songs and stories and specific performers such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Manse Lipscomb, and Bongo Joe; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas. The editors have contributed significantly to making our past relevant to our present in Juneteenth Texas, a collection of essays that explore African-American folkways and traditions. Drawing upon the expertise of folklorists, musicologists, filmmakers, historians, anthropologists and just plain folks ... the objective is to use the prism of African-American folklore to enlighten all Americans about our common culture. ... So evocative is the writing on musical folklore, one longs for a companion CD to add even more vitality to ... an excellent text."--Dallas Morning News "This volume on black Texas folklore is a fresh and fascinating contribution to African American history."--$cJournal of Southern History. 410 0$aPublications of the Texas Folklore Society ;$v54. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$xFolklore 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xFolklore. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial life and customs. 676 $a398.209764 700 $aAbernethy$b Francis Edward$0862194 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163540103321 996 $aJuneteenth Texas$92803635 997 $aUNINA