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African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series)

Hardcover – August 1, 2002
by Watkins, Mel
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ISBN-13: 9781556524301 ISBN-10: 1556524307
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Binding
Hardcover
Published
August 1, 2002
Weight
1.5 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×2.90×15.20 cm

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African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series) by Watkins, Mel. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781556524301.

This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries as Bert Williams, Butterbeans & Susie, Stepin Fetchit, Moms Mabley, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Redd Foxx, Ishmael Reed, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock. This anthology includes classic stage routines, literary examples, and witty quotations presented in their entirety.