Laugh Your A** Off: The Big Book of African American Humor

A hilarious overview of African-American humor traces its evolution and themes in a collection of jokes, short stories, anecdotes, put downs, and poems covering such topics as "White Folks," "Religion," "Family," "Sex," and "Money," with contributions by Moms Mabley, Langston Hughes, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, Whoopie Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and other black writers, comedians, and public figures. Original.