"Writer and performer on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism"--Amazon.
Presents the fifth season of the HBO series "Def Poetry," featuring original material performed by contemporary urban poets and well-known music/comedy artists.
Baratunde Thurston shares stories of his politically inspired Nigerian name, the heroics of his hippie mother, the murder of his drug-abusing father, and other revelatory details about being Black. Includes sections on "How to Be The Black Friend," "How to Be The (Next) Black President," and "How to Celebrate Black History Month.".
laughing, lying, and signifying-- : the underground tradition of African-American humor that transformed American culture, from slavery to Richard Pryor
Watkins, Mel
1994
Documents the history, evolution, and modes of Black comedy.
Traces the evolution of African-American humor over the course of two centuries through a collection of jokes, anecdotes, satire, poems, snaps, tales, toasts, riffs, and stand-up sketches.
