Just Plain Folks: Original Tales of Living, Loving, Longing, and Learning, As Told by a Perfectly Ordinary, Quite Commonly Sensible, and Absolutely Awe-Inspiring colore

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Book

Authors

Lorraine Johnson-Coleman

ISBN 10

0316460842

ISBN 13

9780316460842

Tags

Short Stories, United States, Contemporary, Mythology & Folk Tales

Description

"Publishers Weekly" recently declared "Just Plain Folks", a series of short stories testifying to the extraordinary lives of ordinary folks, one of the best African American books for 1998. These wonderful, lyrical stories touch many aspects of African-American life including cultural traditions such as naming practices, burial rites, worship, courtship, architecture, racial conflict and resolution. - from Amzon

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