"You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover"
Junebug comes from a long line of African storytellers—the innumerable praise- singers, Aesop, the African and many oral historians who have carried the records of events and the families of African peoples are ancestors to Junebug. Wherever and whenever oppressed people have taken stock of their situations and begun to consider what to do about it, Junebug or somebody like him may be found nearby. With lots of humor and in his own unique turn-of-phrase style, Junebug illuminates upon slices of African American life and black folks’ struggle for rights and respect.