Here are entered works on wit and humor written by African Americans. For works on the caricature of Black people, generally by non-Black people, through the use of makeup, mannerisms, speech patterns, etc. are entered under Blackface.
Here are entered general works on humor that treats suffering or the absurdity of existence in a bitter, ironic, morbid, or grimly satiric way, as well as works on such humor in literary form.
Here are entered general works on humor that treats suffering or the absurdity of existence in a bitter, ironic, morbid, or grimly satiric way, as well as works on such humor in literary form.