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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Playin' the Foor ... Slavery | |
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| Proverbs | |
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| Plantation Proverbs (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Some New Proverbs (M. Quad) | |
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| Animal Tales and Rhymes | |
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| Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| The Ape (Folk) | |
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| Bad Birds (Folk) | |
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| Catching the Snake and the Yellowjackets (Charles C. Jones) | |
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| The Flea (Folk) | |
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| The Woodpecker (Folk) | |
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| A Roost on the Rim of the Moon (E. C. L. Adams) | |
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| The Rooster and the Chicken (Folk) | |
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| Numskull Tales | |
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| Talking Turtle (Folk) | |
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| The Mojo (Folk) | |
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| Amos and the Union Officer (Folk) | |
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| John in Jail (Folk) | |
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| John and the Blacksnake (Folk) | |
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| Trickster Tales | |
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| The Laugh That Meant Freedom (Folk) | |
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| Mo' Nigger (Folk) | |
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| The Champion (Folk) | |
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| Old Master and Okra (Folk) | |
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| Strong Man Jack (Folk) | |
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| Swapping Dreams (Folk) | |
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| The Passing of Grandison | |
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| Pompey and the Jackass (Peter Randolph) | |
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| Rhymes, Riddles, and Songs | |
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| We Raise de Wheat (Frederick Douglass) | |
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| Run, Nigger, Run (Folk) | |
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| Massa Had a Yaller Girl (Folk) | |
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| Comic Lyrics from Slave Folk and Work Songs (Folk) | |
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| John and Ole Massa Tales | |
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| The Horsefly (Folk) | |
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| The Ducks Get the Cotton (Folk) | |
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| Baby in the Crib (Folk) | |
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| The Fight (Folk) | |
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| The Yearling (Folk) | |
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| Old Marster Eats Crow (Folk) | |
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| John Praying (Folk) | |
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| Old Boss and John at the Praying Tree (Folk) | |
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| Lay My Burden Down ... Emancipation to the Roaring Twenties | |
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| Lies and How Come Tales | |
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| Git Back! (Folk) | |
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| Apple Peelin' (Folk) | |
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| Heard the Bullet Twice (Folk) | |
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| The Story of the Deluge and How It Came About (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Why the Negro Is Black (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| The First White Man (Folk) | |
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| The Water's Deep (Folk) | |
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| De Ole 'oman an' Me (A. C. Gordon) | |
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| Uncle Remus's Church Experience (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| The Conjurer's Revenge | |
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| John Sharecrops for Old Boss (Folk) | |
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| John on Trial (Folk) | |
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| Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey (Joel Chandler Harris) | |
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| Jesse James and the Graveyard (Folk) | |
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| Post-Slavery Aphorisms (Folk) | |
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| When Malindy Sings (Paul Laurence Dunbar) | |
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| Practical Preacher (Folk) | |
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| The Preacher and the Board Meeting (Folk) | |
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| Colored in America (Bert Williams) | |
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| The Fruitful Sleeping of the Rev. Elisha Edwards | |
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| Move My Ears (Billy Kersands) | |
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| Bank Robbers (Williams and Walker) | |
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| Jokes, Stories, Songs, etc. | |
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| Stories and Jokes | |
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| Songs and Rhymes | |
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| When It's All Goin' Out and Nothin' Comin' In | |
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| Believe Me | |
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| Dat's Harmony | |
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| Jonah Man | |
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| The Pig and the Porcupine | |
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| Doughnuts Round | |
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| The Medicine Man | |
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| Nevermo' | |
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| Sayings and Observations | |
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| Objections (Folk) | |
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| Children's Rhyme (Folk) | |
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| Lord, Will I Ever (Folk) | |
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| An Indignation Dinner (James David Corrothers) | |
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| Same Old Question (W. E. B. DuBois) | |
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| Indefinite Talk Routine (Miller and Lyles) | |
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| Bad Nigger Tales | |
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| Jack Johnson and the Hotel Clerk (Folk) | |
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| Champion's Still a Nigger (Folk) | |
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| Jack Johnson in Georgia (Folk) | |
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| Looking for Change (Folk) | |
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| Who Goes There? (Folk) | |
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| Mind Yo' Business (Folk) | |
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| Kill Me if You Can (Folk) | |
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| John and the Judge (Folk) | |
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| Can't Win for Losing (Folk) | |
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| Guilty as Charged (Folk) | |
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| Bottom Bound (Stringbeans and Sweetie) | |
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| Shine, or the Sinking of the Titanic (Folk) | |
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| The Signifying Monkey (Folk) | |
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| New Day's A-Coming ... The Harlem Renaissance to the Fifties | |
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| Jokes and Routines | |
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| Get Yourself a Monkey-Man | |
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| Too Many Ups | |
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| I Want a Hot Dog in My Roll | |
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| I Ain't Scared of You | |
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| Until the Real Thing Come Along | |
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| Indefinite Sentence (Folk) | |
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| From The Walls of Jericho | |
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| The Faith Healer (Folk) | |
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| Early Blues Lyrics (Folk) | |
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| Ghost Story (Tim Moore and Andrew Tribel) | |
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| Why Women Got the Advantage of Men | |
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| Sound Advice (Folk) | |
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| From Black No More | |
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| Hanging Out (Folk) | |
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| Great Men (Oscar Micheaux) | |
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| Chitlin' Circuit Routines | |
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| Go Ahead and Sing (Rastus Murray and Henry Drake) | |
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| Ain't Nobody Here! (Willie Too Sweet) | |
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| Open the Door, Richard (Dusty Fletcher) | |
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| Where's the Money? (Spo-Dee-O-Dee) | |
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| Here Come de Judge (Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham) | |
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| Half Mine (John "Spider Bruce" Mason) | |
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| The Conjure-Man Dies | |
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| No'lasses (Folk) | |
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| Quips and Cracks from Hollywood Film Clowns | |
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| Stepin Fetchit | |
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| Mathew "Stymie" Beard | |
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| Willie Best | |
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| "Butterfly" McQueen | |
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| Mantan Moreland | |
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| Radio Repartee (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) | |
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| Laziest Man in the World (Stepin Fetchit) | |
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| How Old? (Satchel Paige) | |
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| Mexicana Rose | |
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| Fastball (Monte Irvin) | |
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| Cartoon (Oliver W. Harrington) | |
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| Jokes and Routines | |
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| Old Men | |
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| Counting on His Fingers | |
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| $25 a Question | |
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| Cab Calloway | |
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| Love Is Like a Game of Checkers | |
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| Miami-Red Light's for Us | |
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| Old Man in the Hospital | |
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| Old Men Left Behind | |
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| Accidents | |
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| Robbers | |
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| Thought I Was Having a Good Time | |
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| You Ain't So Smart | |
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| Dog on the Bus | |
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| Trouble with Old Men | |
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| Jesse B. Simple Tales | |
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| Temptation | |
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| There Ought to Be a Law | |
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| Race Relations | |
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| That Word Black | |
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| Dear Dr. Butts | |
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| From Amos 'n' Andy (Various Writers) | |
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| Observations | |
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| Illegal Pitches | |
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| In Demand | |
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| Second Base | |
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| Second-Class Immortal | |
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| Ain't Ghana Eat (Nipsey Russell) | |
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| Still a Nigger (Nipsey Russell) | |
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| Comeuppance (Junior Mance) | |
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| Train to New York (Two Tons of Fun) | |
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| My Nigger (John H. Johnson) | |
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| Jokes and Routines | |
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| Boss Spelled Backward | |
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| Snakebite | |
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| Black Scientists | |
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| Sneezes | |
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| Toasts | |
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| Knives | |
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| Eat What You Love | |
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| Backing Up | |
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| $240,000 | |
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| Oh, George! | |
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| Sugar Ray | |
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| Revival Preacher | |
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| FM | |
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| President Johnson | |
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| Depression Time | |
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| First Politician | |
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| Love Song | |
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| What You See Is What You Get ... Civil Rights to the Millennium | |
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| From Nigger: An Autobiography | |
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| The Battle of Little Rock (Folk) | |
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| Heroes Ain't Born (Redd Foxx) | |
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| Cadillac Flambe | |
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| From The Wig | |
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| Temporary Job (Timmie Rogers) | |
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| Steamin' (Folk) | |
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| Closer to Welfare (Slappy White) | |
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| Running for Vice President (Slappy White) | |
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| A Fair Fight (Folk) | |
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| Cartoon (Oliver W. Harrington) | |
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| From Blind Man With a Pistol | |
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| Lean and Mean (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) | |
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| Blackface (Ossie Davis) | |
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| Tall, Tan, Young, and Fly (Frankie Crocker) | |
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| Black Rioters (Dick Gregory) | |
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| American History (Dick Gregory) | |
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| Kittens and Biscuits (Malcolm X) | |
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| From Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down | |
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| Before God Get the News (Muhammad Ali) | |
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| From for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf (Ntozake Shange) | |
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| Jokes | |
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| After You | |
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| Eating Too Well | |
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| The Suburbs | |
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| Just in Case | |
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| From The Loves and Lives of Mr. Jiveass Nigger | |
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| Jokes and Routines | |
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| Cowboys and Colored People | |
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| Kids | |
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| Cheap Hotel | |
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| Church on Sunday | |
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| Ugly Baby | |
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| Christopher Columbus | |
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| Jokes | |
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| Paul Revere/Betsy Ross | |
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| Blame-a-Nigger | |
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| Nigger Raisins | |
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| From South Street | |
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| Magid and Mudbone | |
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| Baseball Jokes (Various Players) | |
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| Nigger Look Just Like You (Richard Pryor) | |
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| Don't Let Me Down (Eddie Murphy) | |
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| O.J. Simpson Jokes | |
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| Going to Cancun (Folk) | |
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| The Best Defense (Folk) | |
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| Bad Fit (Johnny Cochran) | |
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| The Dozens--Caps and Snaps | |
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| Smell and Looks Caps | |
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| Dumb and Poor Caps | |
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| The Dozens--Yo' Momma Caps | |
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| Women and Men | |
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| Marital Counseling (Folk) | |
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| Equal Rights (LaWanda Page) | |
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| A Prayer and a Promise (Folk) | |
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| Different Strokes (Richard Pryor) | |
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| Old Man and Young Man (Moms Mabley) | |
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| Perfect Health (Folk) | |
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| Women vs. Women (Damon Wayans) | |
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| Payback Is a Bitch (Michelle Youngblood) | |
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| Lost Luggage (Folk) | |
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| Curb Your Dog (Eve) | |
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| Hunters (Dave Chappelle) | |
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| Overeating (Janet Cormier) | |
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| Random Quips from Famous Wits | |
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| Gettin' It (Steve Harvey) | |
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| Senility (Bill Cosby) | |
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| New Tricks (Bill Cosby) | |
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| On My Feet (Spike Lee) | |
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| Not All Black (Redd Foxx) | |
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| Just Us (Richard Pryor) | |
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| Being Famous (Dave Chappelle) | |
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| The American Dream (Paul Mooney) | |
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| Pass the Milk (Bernie Mack) | |
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| From You So Crazy | |
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| The Old School | |
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| All Turned Around (Folk) | |
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| Cockeyed Junior (Richard Pryor) | |
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| Old Bull and Young Bull (Folk) | |
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| Running Machinery (Folk) | |
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| I Ain't Loss! (Folk) | |
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| Trifocals (Bill Cosby) | |
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| Hard to Fool (Folk) | |
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| Pennies from Heaven (Folk) | |
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| Top That (Folk) | |
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| The New School | |
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| Worse Than That (Folk) | |
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| One White Guy (Dave Chappelle) | |
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| Hyde Park (Folk) | |
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| Fool Me Once (Folk) | |
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| Unforgettable (Folk) | |
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| Rappers (Damon Wayans) | |
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| Formal Introduction (Folk) | |
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| Don't Blame Me (Folk) | |
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| Yardwork (Folk) | |
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| From Oxherding Tale | |
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| Jokes | |
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| Acne Cure | |
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| Big Words | |
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| Third World Perfume | |
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| Wrong War | |
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| From Rock This! | |
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| Reverse Racism | |
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| A Country Divided | |
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| The Black Experience | |
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| We All Look the Same in the Dark | |
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| Help Wanted: One Leader. Please Apply Within | |
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| A Creative Solution | |
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| Who You Calling Racist? | |
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| Mommy? Can I Say "Nigger"? | |
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| The Most Racist Guy in the World | |
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| Color Coding | |
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| Supermarket Sweepstakes | |
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| Why Do You Think They Call It "School?" | |
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| Money Money Money Money | |
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| Authors and Comedians | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |