"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... cemeteries : their histories , whereabouts and survivals amidst Urban revitalization and environmental change . This book places considerable emphasis on the survival of African American cemeteries as cultural markers preserving African ...
... cemeteries : their histories , whereabouts and survivals amidst Urban revitalization and environmental change . This book places considerable emphasis on the survival of African American cemeteries as cultural markers preserving African ...
Page 84
... Cemetery . Given his job position , the federal government was responsible for the most part the pomp and circumstance of the service . His family , however , requested that the funeral cortege pass by the Shaw neighborhood in ...
... Cemetery . Given his job position , the federal government was responsible for the most part the pomp and circumstance of the service . His family , however , requested that the funeral cortege pass by the Shaw neighborhood in ...
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... Cemetery with two black and gold limousines followed by a dozen more cars . Annie Moore was accompanied with one black and one white limousine . Annie Mae Johnson's processional included three white limousines with more cars following ...
... Cemetery with two black and gold limousines followed by a dozen more cars . Annie Moore was accompanied with one black and one white limousine . Annie Mae Johnson's processional included three white limousines with more cars following ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba