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Just Plain Folks

by Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine

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"Sometimes black history doesn't march. Sometimes black history doesn't shout. Sometimes black history just comes wearily down a dirt road, dragging a cotton sack and wearing a headrag...."

So proclaims Lorraine Johnson-Coleman in this heartwarming collection of stories and essays. Returning to the cotton fields, tobacco barns, and humble dwellings of her ancestral home in the rural South, Johnson-Coleman learned firsthand what is missing from African American history texts: the experience of ordinary people who have led extraordinary lives.

The stories she brings together in Just Plain Folks -- stories of the sort that have made her a standout among the regular contributors to National Public Radio's Morning Edition -- reveal folk culture as a continuum, a vital link to the past that can illuminate the experience of African Americans today.

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Title of ebook: Just Plain Folks
ISBN: 9780446920247
parent-ISBN: 9780316460842
Publisher: Warner Books
Internet download file size: 174 kb
Published: 03-2001
Released online for download: 08-23-2002
Author of eBook: Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine

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Just Plain Folks

Chapter One

Journeys Home

It was trying miserably to be inconspicuous, failing in its attempts to be subtle with its demands and softspoken with its commands. The beautiful beige envelope had been tossed casually on the kitchen table with the rest of the day's mail, but even in the midst of the many, it was arrogant in its presence, insisting that I devote my full and immediate attention to it. I moved the other letters aside and slowly picked it up. It was that time of year again, and I knew it even before my eyes could fully focus on the elegant raised lettering. Mama at her best, I thought, as I slowly opened the invitation - calligraphy, vellum paper, and even a tissue liner. A little much given the nature of the occasion, but no one ever could tell Mama a thing.

The invitation was clean, crisp, and straight to the point - clear evidence of Mama's no-nonsense style. All this show and no little extras - not even a short Bible verse or a thought-provoking lead-in. Not one to waste energy on the nonessential, Mama believed that if you had something to say, you just took careful aim, ... read full excerpt from Just Plain Folks ebook

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