"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 61
... home to the church or funeral home and cemetery . The other processional is the marching of family and friends down the aisle of the church or funeral home . The family gathers at the home to be assigned specific transportation details ...
... home to the church or funeral home and cemetery . The other processional is the marching of family and friends down the aisle of the church or funeral home . The family gathers at the home to be assigned specific transportation details ...
Page 68
... funeral arrangements for Sis Fannie . Horton's Funeral Home , which buried her son John Henry less than a year earlier , was the family's preferred choice from among the many in Washington , D.C. My grandmother's phone rang constantly ...
... funeral arrangements for Sis Fannie . Horton's Funeral Home , which buried her son John Henry less than a year earlier , was the family's preferred choice from among the many in Washington , D.C. My grandmother's phone rang constantly ...
Page 71
... funeral home . When the funeral home director arrived , a prayer was offered and he called off the names of those who were riding in the limousines . There were two gold and black limousines awaiting as we descended to the front yard of ...
... funeral home . When the funeral home director arrived , a prayer was offered and he called off the names of those who were riding in the limousines . There were two gold and black limousines awaiting as we descended to the front yard of ...
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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