"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... example of this is noted in Bacon's article " Just A Closer Walk With Thee " where he writes , " as the preacher continued his eulogy his tempo increased and the responses from the congregation became more frequent , louder , more ...
... example of this is noted in Bacon's article " Just A Closer Walk With Thee " where he writes , " as the preacher continued his eulogy his tempo increased and the responses from the congregation became more frequent , louder , more ...
Page 50
... example represents the traditions and rituals African Americans observed during homegoing services at the turn of the century . For some African Americans who were raised in the rural south , city life gave them the opportunity to have ...
... example represents the traditions and rituals African Americans observed during homegoing services at the turn of the century . For some African Americans who were raised in the rural south , city life gave them the opportunity to have ...
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... example of a working class family in mourning . " Sis " Fannie , " as she was affectionately called by family members , was remembered as a religious woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children ...
... example of a working class family in mourning . " Sis " Fannie , " as she was affectionately called by family members , was remembered as a religious woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children ...
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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