Stories from the heart : Missouri's African American heritage

Stories from the heart : Missouri's African American heritage /

"A collection of African American family stories and traditional tales, compiled and brought to print by a master storyteller as she visited Missouri communities and participated in storytelling events over the last two decades"--Provided by publisher

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Caines Coggswell, Gladys
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, 2009
Series:Missouri heritage readers.
Subjects:
African Americans > Missouri > Folklore.
African Americans > Missouri > Social life and customs.
Tales > Missouri.
Oral tradition > Missouri.
Missouri > Social life and customs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Lisa L. Higgins; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Family Stories; 1. Finding Frankford
  • Mrs. Marie Campbell
  • Rev. Faye Vaughn
  • Mrs. Camie Doolin; 2. Getting to Know Hannibal
  • Mrs. Dorine Ambers
  • Mrs. Lillian Jones
  • Mrs. Louise Williams
  • Angela Williams; 3. Bowling Green
  • Mr. Jerry Grimmett; 4. St. Louis Eldertellers
  • Mrs. Catherine Clemmons
  • Mrs. Icey Gardner
  • Mrs. Mildred Grice
  • Carole Shelton
  • Mettazee Morris; 5. I n the Bootheel
  • Evelyn Pulliam
  • Loretta Washington; 6. Country Schools, City Schools
  • Loretta Washington
  • Marlene Rhodes.
  • 7. Why We Tell Stories
  • Tracy Milsap Coggswell Family Stories8. Change and Continuity in Missouri Storytelling; Epilogue; For More Reading; Index; About the Author.

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