African folktales
(Michael McCarty) It was a March day 1969, a school night. I came home late after going to a meeting of the Black Panther Party in Chicago. And I came home to find my mother sitting in front of...
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A great storm had descended on the coast. The homes along the sea cracked like magpie eggs Our children and elders poured into the water. There were no kings then, there was no alliance between the...
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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CALAMITY JANE BY HERSELF My maiden name was Marthy Cannary. I was born in Princeton, Missourri, May 1st, 1852. Father and mother were natives of Ohio. I had two brothers and...
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Once upon a time, there was a girl whose mother was dead and whose father was dead. And who lived with her stepmother in a little house beside a great dark forest. The girl and her stepmother did not...
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Hi! My name is Michael Chwe and this is my book, "Jane Austen, Game Theorist." Jane Austen wrote her six novels two hundred years ago in England but now she is loved throughout the...
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Not so long ago in a beautiful land, there lived a man. In the course of time various visitors having heard of the good land began to arrive. One of these visitors was a particular elephant. Though...
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bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, a new institution to help tell America's story. AUDIENCE: Three, two, one. WOMAN: Break ground. (APPLAUSE) JEFFREY BROWN: An official...
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John Henry was a mighty man Born with a hammer right in his hand Oooh~ Polly: Every soul has a dream... and every heart has a way to make it so. Now let me tell you about my John Henry... who laid...
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The Rainbow Bird - A Latin American Indian Folk Tale Long long ago, long before men or even the animals swarmed the earth At that time, all the birds lived in one huge forest There were many varities...
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