A sampling of humorous African-American writings is comprised of poetry, prose, political speeches, hip-hop, the blues, and other literary forms by Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, Harryette Mullen, Langston Hughes, Darius James, Mike Tyson, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and others. Simultaneous.