"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 59
... follow the jazz bands and dance in the streets when the bands break into fast music after leaving the cemetery . " 155 It is the second liners who personify the community involvement as it contributes to the demonstrative aspect of the ...
... follow the jazz bands and dance in the streets when the bands break into fast music after leaving the cemetery . " 155 It is the second liners who personify the community involvement as it contributes to the demonstrative aspect of the ...
Page 65
... follow through . This vow of a lifetime service of living for God made her " A Soldier " in the army of the Lord . The physical strains of military training produced an endurance of which Mother Evans sang , " I Mean To Make It To That ...
... follow through . This vow of a lifetime service of living for God made her " A Soldier " in the army of the Lord . The physical strains of military training produced an endurance of which Mother Evans sang , " I Mean To Make It To That ...
Page 69
... follow the scripture . A familiar scripture , St. John 14 : 1 , was read which states , ' Let not your hearts be troubled . " This biblical verse of comfort , used often in a religious homegoing service , represented the first ...
... follow the scripture . A familiar scripture , St. John 14 : 1 , was read which states , ' Let not your hearts be troubled . " This biblical verse of comfort , used often in a religious homegoing service , represented the first ...
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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