TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Lawrence W.
TI  - Black culture and black consciousness: Afro-American folk thought from slavery to freedom 
SN  - 0195023749 (pbk.) :
AV  - GR103 .L48 1978
PY  - 1978///.+
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Folklore
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - '.....Through an exhaustive investigation of black songs, folk tales, proverbs, aphorisms, verbal games and the long narrative oral poems known as 'toasts, ' Levine argues that the value system of Afro-Americans can only be understood through an analysis of Black culture....His work ranks among the best books written on the Afro-American experience in recent years.' Al-Tony Gilmore, The Washington Post
ER  -