num_pages: 278
description: I Heard It Through the Grapevine explores how rumors that run rife in African-American communities, concerning such issues as AIDS, the Ku Klux Klan and FBI conspiracies, translate white oppression into folk warnings, and are used by the community to respond to a hostile dominant culture. 
language: English
title: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
titlecomplete: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
genres: Africa, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 26
publisher: University of California Press