Resource: The Book of Negro Folklore

The Book of Negro Folklore

Author: Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps
Year: 1958
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Animal Tales
Tar Baby
Rabbit Teaches Bear a Song
Brer Rabbit and Sis Cow
Why Brer Rabbit Wears a 'Round-'bout
Playing Godfather
Why the Fox's Mouth is Sharp
The Watcher Blinded
Brer Fox and the Foobers
The Fox and the Goose
Ole Sis Goose
Sheer Crops
John and the Lion
The Animal Court
De Knee-High Man
Terrapin
Why Br' Gator's Hide is so Horny

Animal Rhymes
Memories of Slavery
Sometimes in the Mind
God, Man, and the Devil
Do You Call That a Preacher?
Ghost STories
Black Magic and Chance
On the Levee
Amen Corner
Spirituals
Gospel Songs
Pastime Rhymes
Ballads
Blues
Work Songs
Street Cries
Playsongs and Games
The Jazz Folk
Harlem Jive
The "Problem"
Songs in the Folk Manner
Poetry in the Folk Manner
Prose in the Folk Manner