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Juneteenth Texas

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Francis Edward Abernethy, Alan B. Govenar, and Patrick B. Mullen, eds.
1996
summary
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.

Table of Contents

Cover Page

Essays in African-American Folklore

Other Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

pp. i-ii

Title Page

pp. iii-iii

Copyright Page

pp. iv-iv

Table of Contents

pp. v-vi

Preface

pp. vii-xii

African-American Folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society

pp. 1-14

Black Sacred Harp Singing Remembered in East Texas

pp. 15-20

Henry Truvillion of the Big Thicket: A Song Worth Singing

pp. 21-40

Once Upon a Time in Houston's Fourth Ward

pp. 41-48

Where the Cedars Grove

pp. 49-68

Mance Lipscomb: Fight, Flight or the Blues

pp. 69-94

More than Just ‘Possum'n Taters: Texas-African Foodways in the WPA Slave Narratives

pp. 95-130

Giving Honor to God, the Joy and Salvation in My Life: The Appreciation Service in Song

pp. 131-138

From Gumbo to Grammys: The Development of Zydeco Music in Houston

pp. 139-152

From Bebop to Hard Bop and Beyond: The Texas Jazz Connection

pp. 153-166

African-American Blacksmithing in East Texas

pp. 167-194

Musical Traditions of Twentieth Century African-American Cowboys

pp. 195-208

John Biggers—Artist: Traditional Folkways of the Black Community

pp. 209-222

The African-American Folktale and J. Mason Brewer

pp. 223-236

Juneteenth: A Red Spot Day on the Texas Calendar

pp. 237-254

Lightnin’ Hopkins: Blues Bard of the Third Ward

pp. 255-272

“Bongo Joe”: A Traditional Street Performer

pp. 273-290

West African Fiddles in Deep East Texas

pp. 291-314

“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: A Different Cultural View

pp. 315-334

The Texas Trailblazer Project

pp. 335-338

Appendices

pp. 339-342

The African-American Museum of Dallas

pp. 343-344

Selected Listing of Resources

pp. 345-346

Contributors

pp. 347-354

Index

pp. 355-366

National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Information

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