Abrahams, Roger D.
Deep Dawn in the Jungle
. Chicago, Illinois: Aldine Publishing Company, 1970. Urban black narrative folklore from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Excellent as a source on the trials of collecting folklore.
Courlander, Harold.
A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore
. New York: Crown Publishers, 1976. A collection of oral literature, legends, tales, songs, religious beliefs, customs, sayings of people of African descent.
Dundes, Alan.
Mother Wit From the Laughing Barrel
. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1973. Selected readings and interpretations of black folklore topics, such as: folk medicine, folk stories, folk heroes and folk traditions.
Dance, Daryl Cumber.
Shuckin’ and Jivin
. Bollmington: Indiana University Press, 1978. Folklore from contemporary black Americans; a good survey of black folktales can be used in the classroom.
Edmonson, Munro S.
Lore An Introduction to the Science of Folklore and Literature
. New York: Holt Rinehart, Winston, 1971. Information Of how the origins and intentions of folklore.
Emmons, Martha.
Deep Like the Rivers
. Austin: Encino Press, 1969. Stories told to Martha Emmons by friends over many years.
Goldstein, Kenneth S.
A Guide For Field Workers in Folklore
. Pennsylvania Folklore Associates, 1969. The purpose of the book is to help guide people in the collection of folklore.
Hughes, Langston and Bontemps, Arna.
The Book of Negro Folklore.
New York: Dodd, 1958. Collections of Black American folklore which consists of stories, aphorisms, sermons, poems, folktales. Very extensive.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Mules and Men.
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Collection of rural tales from Ms. Hurston’s home in Florida. Good for use on dialects, collecting stories, and the stories of Black Americans.
Lester, Julius.
Black Folktales.
New York: Grove Press, 1969. Collection of Black American folktales. Excellent for use in the classroom.