Black Belief : Folk Beliefs of Blacks in America and West Africa / Henry H. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Henry H., 1919-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Black people--Religion.

Black people.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 171 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, [1975]

Contents:

The Setting

The African-American Linkage

African Roots of American Black Belief

Generation of Meaning in Blackamerica

American Black Folk Beliefs.

Notes:

"Designed by C. Linda Dingler."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [164]-168) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has two spots of white-out on title page.

Banks Collection copy has back free endpaper wanting.

Banks Collection copy has "Black Belief" cut from dustjacket laid in.

ISBN:

0060657626 :

OCLC:

1104036