Just Plain Folks

by Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine

• ISBN13: 9780316460071
• ISBN10: 0316460079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-07
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Summary

In celebration of Black History Month comes a paperback edition of the popular NPR commentator's tribute to rural African-Americans and their folk traditions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Kinfolks
Journeys Home	p. 3
Call Me by My Name	p. 13
Sorrow's Kitchen	p. 24
The Freedom Garden	p. 33
Homefolks
One of the Homegrown Angels	p. 47
Gettin' Ready	p. 58
Three Sixes	p. 73
Every Other Tuesday Off	p. 79
Women and Men Folks
Hitched	p. 91
Sophie with the Gold Tooth	p. 98
Miz Lullabel, the Devil, and the Sunday Hat	p. 109
Lost Love, Last Love	p. 118
The Bluesman	p. 125
One Uppity Blues Woman	p. 130
Young Folks
The Colored Water Fountain	p. 139
Nobody's Chile	p. 144
Hush-a-Bye	p. 147
Little Boy Blue	p. 153
Little Cinder Lea	p. 156
Willy Did It	p. 164
White Folks
White Folks	p. 181
Hagar's Children	p. 186
Sara's Precious Babies	p. 192
And the People of a Town Go Round and Round	p. 199
Church Folks
Sister Mabel	p. 213
Brother Jake	p. 219
Mister Jim	p. 224
The Reverend	p. 228
A Final Say	p. 235
Acknowledgments	p. 241
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