Juneteenth Texas : essays in African American folklore

Juneteenth Texas, Publications of the Texas Folklore Society #LIV, received a San Antonio Conservation Society award for the preservation of historic buildings, objects and places relating to the history of Texas and its natural beauty and all that is admirably distinctive of our state, and to educate the public with knowledge of our inherited regional values.

• Preface p. vii
• Afrícan-Amerícan Folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society p. 1
• Black Sacred Harp Singing Remembered in East Texas p. 15
• Henry Truvillion of the Big Thicket: a Song Worth Singing p. 21
• Houston's Fourth Ward p. 41
• Where the Cedars Grove p. 49
• Mance Lipscomb: Fight, Flight, or the Blues p. 69
• More Than Just 'Possum'N Taters: Texas African- American Foodways in the Wpa Slave Narratives p. 95
• Giving Honor to God, the Joy and Salvation in My Life: the Appreciation Service in Song p. 131
• From Gumbo to Grammys: the Development of Zydeco Music in Houston p. 139
• From Bebop to Hard Bop and Beyond: the Texas Jazz Connection p. 153
• African-American Blacksmithing in East Texas p. 167
• Musical Traditions of Twentieth-Century African-American Cowboys p. 195
• John Biggers-artist: Traditional Folkways of the Black Community p. 209
• The African- American Folktale and J. Mason Brewer p. 223
• Juneteenth a Red Spot Day on the Texas Calendar p. 237
• Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Bard of the Third Ward p. 255
• """"Bongo Joe"""": a Traditional Street Performer p. 273
• West African Fiddles in Deep Past Texas p. 291
• """"The Yellow Rose of Texas"""": a Different Cultural View p. 315
• The Texas Trailblazer Project p. 335
• Appendices p. 339
• The Texas African-American Photography Collection and Archive p. 339
• The African-American Museum of Dallas p. 343
• Selected Listing of Resources for Further Study of African-American Folklore p. 345
• Contributors p. 347
• Index p. 355