Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore (Volume 54)

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

by Francis E. Abernethy (Editor), Patrick B. Mullen (Editor), Alan Govenar (Editor)

Juneteenth Texas explores African-American folkways and traditions from both African-American and white perspectives. Included are descriptions and classifications of different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; explorations of songs and stories and specific performers such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Manse Lipscomb, and Bongo Joe; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

 

Genres: History

376 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wonderful compendium of folklore and writing about folklore in Texas. Though the essays are not all explicitly about Juneteenth, the book is a good cross section of ethnomusicology of Black Texans. I recommend it less as a Juneteenth anthology, and more as a group of essays that highlight foodways and Black roots music in Texas.