"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 48
... colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners wear . Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color coordination . The colors most commonly worn at homegoing services of ...
... colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners wear . Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color coordination . The colors most commonly worn at homegoing services of ...
Page 49
... color that makes one good- a color used at weddings , funerals , and parties . " 127 Some African American families wear white at their homegoings , and many older African Americans are buried in white . In Strange Ways and Sweet Dreams ...
... color that makes one good- a color used at weddings , funerals , and parties . " 127 Some African American families wear white at their homegoings , and many older African Americans are buried in white . In Strange Ways and Sweet Dreams ...
Page 83
... color most associated with death , was unmistakably the color to wear at the service for Brown . Given the strides of education and political affiliation it was evident that for those Americans and those of African descent in particular ...
... color most associated with death , was unmistakably the color to wear at the service for Brown . Given the strides of education and political affiliation it was evident that for those Americans and those of African descent in particular ...
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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