"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 49
... Southern Negroes consider it proper for the relatives to wear black to the funeral " 124 a practice that is slowly being disregarded by younger African Americans . Puckett writes , " the position of the African ghost in the other world ...
... Southern Negroes consider it proper for the relatives to wear black to the funeral " 124 a practice that is slowly being disregarded by younger African Americans . Puckett writes , " the position of the African ghost in the other world ...
Page 69
... Southern working class , maintained the traditions of Southern mourning etiquette . As mentioned earlier of Sis Fannie's Christian life , she was buried in white in honor of that lifestyle , as well as representative of her age ...
... Southern working class , maintained the traditions of Southern mourning etiquette . As mentioned earlier of Sis Fannie's Christian life , she was buried in white in honor of that lifestyle , as well as representative of her age ...
Page 104
... Southern Exposure . Vol 13 ( March / June 1985 ) : P 128-129 . 6. Crissman , James K. Death and Dying in Central Appalachia . Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press , 1994 . 7. Du Bois , W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk . New ...
... Southern Exposure . Vol 13 ( March / June 1985 ) : P 128-129 . 6. Crissman , James K. Death and Dying in Central Appalachia . Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press , 1994 . 7. Du Bois , W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk . New ...
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