"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... placed their trust . Their faith in God that allowed them to embrace death as their gateway home to God . This belief is not an escapist attitude in which Black people accept oppression passively in the hope of a better world to come ...
... placed their trust . Their faith in God that allowed them to embrace death as their gateway home to God . This belief is not an escapist attitude in which Black people accept oppression passively in the hope of a better world to come ...
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... placed around a jug as a permanent memorial of their deceased loved one . According to Crissman , " funeral flowers didn't make their appearance in England or America until the middle of the nineteenth century . " 91 The use of flowers ...
... placed around a jug as a permanent memorial of their deceased loved one . According to Crissman , " funeral flowers didn't make their appearance in England or America until the middle of the nineteenth century . " 91 The use of flowers ...
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... placed emphasis on the procession to the cemetery as well as the attention given to aiding the soul's departure to Heaven . At the homegoing service for Annie the music aided the family in releasing their grief as well as in celebrating ...
... placed emphasis on the procession to the cemetery as well as the attention given to aiding the soul's departure to Heaven . At the homegoing service for Annie the music aided the family in releasing their grief as well as in celebrating ...
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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