"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. 行自: 19 will SIO celebration is the importance of appropriate dress . For enslaved.
African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. 行自: 19 will SIO celebration is the importance of appropriate dress . For enslaved.
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... dress in which they wore their best when going to church . This belief carried over into their belief of wanting " to be put away nicely " which at times reflected how the individual was buried . Thus this element in the African ...
... dress in which they wore their best when going to church . This belief carried over into their belief of wanting " to be put away nicely " which at times reflected how the individual was buried . Thus this element in the African ...
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... dress for my great - grandmother to be buried in , ironically she too , had on a green and black dress . When I went to make the arrangements , my grandmother told me to be sure to pick out a pretty white dress in honor of her age ( 81 ) ...
... dress for my great - grandmother to be buried in , ironically she too , had on a green and black dress . When I went to make the arrangements , my grandmother told me to be sure to pick out a pretty white dress in honor of her age ( 81 ) ...
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