"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... church - goer it was common for the service to be held in a church . It seems that a church funeral embodied a homegoing atmosphere in which loved ones gather to bid fond farewell . The experiences of loss and death is characterized by ...
... church - goer it was common for the service to be held in a church . It seems that a church funeral embodied a homegoing atmosphere in which loved ones gather to bid fond farewell . The experiences of loss and death is characterized by ...
Page 62
... church pioneer . Mother Evans a native of Perthshire , Mississippi , died on February 12 , 1996 , in Madison , Wisconsin . She was eulogized February 16 , 1996 , at the Union Tabernacle Church of God in Christ of Chicago . The homegoing ...
... church pioneer . Mother Evans a native of Perthshire , Mississippi , died on February 12 , 1996 , in Madison , Wisconsin . She was eulogized February 16 , 1996 , at the Union Tabernacle Church of God in Christ of Chicago . The homegoing ...
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... Church of God in Christ soon after . In 1953 , she joined Union Tabernacle Church of God in Christ and was a committed active member until her most recent illness in 1995. This illness caused her to relocate to Madison , Wisconsin ...
... Church of God in Christ soon after . In 1953 , she joined Union Tabernacle Church of God in Christ and was a committed active member until her most recent illness in 1995. This illness caused her to relocate to Madison , Wisconsin ...
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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