Resource: Shuckin' and Jivin'

Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans

Author: Daryl Cumber Dance
Year: 1978
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Etiological Tales
In The Beginning
Why The Nigger Is So Messed Up
Why The Black Man's Hair Is Nappy
Why The Black Man Has Big Feet
Why The Whites Have Everything
Upon This Rock
How Blacks Got To America
Why The Bear Ain't Got No Tail
How The Gopher Got His Name
Why Dogs Smell Each Other
How Black Birds Got Black

Tales Of Heaven And Hell
I Raised Hell While I Was There
Flying Good Time
Don't Wake 'em!
I Don't Want To Staaaay!
Fund Raiser
The Niggers Done Put The Fire Out!
Three Surprises
No Men In Heaven
Teacher Shortage
I Know I'm In Hell Now
Don't Make A Wave
Hard Luck Sam
Sam Goes To Heaven

Ghost Tales

Conjure Tales

Tales About Religion

Self-Degrading Tales

The White Woman And The Black Man

Tales About Women

Tales About Marital Infidelity

Ethnic Jokes

Tales About The Cruelty Of Whites

Outsmarting Whitey

Tales Of The Bad Nigger

Miscellaneous Animal Tales
Wait On De Lord
The Lord Spare Us
Good To Be On Time
Don't Trust A Man When He's In His Liquor
Don't Let Anybody Use You For A Cat's Paw
Let Us Spray
You Better Go 'round
Judgment Up There
Buying Wood
We Belong Together
'tis The Plumber
I Would Fall
Too Much Tongue
Bear 'round
Root, Root, Root!
Mountain And Squirrel Quarrel
Well, That's One On Me
Terrapin And Rabbit Race
Pretty Weather
Plymouth Rock
Scotch!
Hard To Kill
He Swallored His Head
Didn't You See Me When I Swelled?
Bravado
Bad Bantam
Take Off Dem Fancy Pajamas!
Mr. Rabbit Is Back
The Ugliest
Monkey Cuts His Throat
Crap Game In The Barnyard

Miscellaneous Risque Tales

Miscellaneous Black Folklore