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As J. Mason Brewer writes in his introduction, this classic volume is a landmark contribution to Black Americana. From the hundreds of humorous tales, anecdotes, biographies, recipes, musical selections, and historical notations included in this well-rounded social history, a pattern revealing a new, socially-minded African-American unfolds.
Through the encyclopedia's seven sections--Long Night of Bondage, Plantation to Emancipation, Parables in Black, A People Sing, Poets' Corner, Turn of the Century, and The New Breed--the African American emerges from a once confined and submerged plantation-type into a new heroic figure marching forward with pride.
Praise for
Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor
A monumental task of research, the greatest single work on the black American.
--J. Mason Brewer
The most substantial collection of black folklore and humor yet published.
--Saturday Review Syndicate
About
the Author
A native of New York City, Henry D. Spalding began his career in journalism as a reporter for the New York Mirror and the Journal . While a member of the National Press Club in Washington , D.C. , he was an accredited White House correspondent. In the 1950s Spalding moved to Los Angeles, where he was active as editor and publisher of Deejay, Disc, and Top Ten --all music magazines--as well as Talent News , a show-business trade journal. Mr. Spalding is also the author of Encyclopedia of Jewish Humor, Joys of Irish Humor, and Joys of Italian Humor & Folklore.
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