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First printing. A massive and comprehensive anthology which provides an introduction to and an overview of African American folk expression, arranged into thirteen major genres including folktales, folk music (ranging from spirituals to blues, ballads, zydeco and rap), beliefs, folk arts (including a 16 page full color insert), proverbs, soul food, family stories, costume, and sermons. Many of the selections are anonymous - but the list of contibutors ranges from Frederick Douglass to Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Alan Lomax, Nikki Giovanni, Patricia Turner, Quincy Moore and others. Audiovisual resources, bibliography, index. 736 pp. Promotional bookmark laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) .ISBN # 0-393-047989 

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