JUST PLAIN FOLKS

Lorraine Johnson-Coleman believed there was an additional dimension to African-American history that no textbook had portrayed. She began the research project of a lifetime in the humble surroundings of North Carolina where the heartwarming stories of "regular folk" provided the answers she sought. Johnson-Coleman overflows with warmth, realism, humor and earnestness as she relates the stories and essays told to her by just plain country folk. These short stories are rare, priceless and endearing, and Johnson-Coleman performs each with golden charm and magical sensitivity. These stories cross over racial lines and manage to teach the listener how simple people live and what real living is all about. B.J.P. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/MAR 99]