In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.

A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith..."splendidly vivid and true."—New York Times

Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.

The bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God,

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"Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read." —Roger D. Abrahams

Mules and Men is the first great collection of black America's folk world. In the 1930's, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her "native village" of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of slavery, which she remembered hearing as a child. In her quest, she found herself and

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A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.

Tales told by the old Georgian slave, featuring Brer B'ar, Brer Rabbit, and their animal friends.

Clever Brer Rabbit finds a way to teach the greedy Brer Tiger a lesson.