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- The dark side of Hopkinsville / by Poston, Ted,1906-1974.(CARDINAL)359514; Hauke, Kathleen A.,editor.(CARDINAL)359515;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107).Mr. Jack Johnson and Me -- The werewolf of Woolworth's -- Knee Baby Watkins -- Cousin blind Mary -- Papa was a democrat -- Mr. Beefer Jones -- High on the hog -- The birth of a notion -- Rat Joiner whips the Kaiser -- The revolt of the evil fairies.Preserving and engaging, little-known slice of American life, The Dark Side of Hopkinsville is a collection of ten picaresque tales bearing witness to a black child's life in a southern town at the turn of the century. Born and reared in Hopkinsville Kentucky, Ted Poston became the first black career-long reporter for a major metropolitan daily and served as a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Negro Cabinet" in Washington in 1940. After thirty-five years at the Post, Poston was without question the "Dean of Black Journalists." Acquainted with the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Poston regaled his associates with tales of his childhood. These memories resulted in the stories collected here. Told from the vantage point of "Ted," a bright, high-spirited student at Booker T. Washington Colored Grammar Schook, the stories focus on a coterie of imaginative children, their entertainments and games, ties to the church, and relations with immediate and extended families.--- Subjects: Biographies.; Poston, Ted, 1906-1974; Segregation; African Americans; African Americans;
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