"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 67
... woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children to raise , her faith was rooted in God . Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at the service . Friends of the family prepared ...
... woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children to raise , her faith was rooted in God . Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at the service . Friends of the family prepared ...
Page 83
... woman who had survived such a tremendous loss and displayed it with strength and dignity , like that of Coretta Scott King back at Ebenezer Baptist twenty - eight years ago . She sat there clutching the hands of her two children . Music ...
... woman who had survived such a tremendous loss and displayed it with strength and dignity , like that of Coretta Scott King back at Ebenezer Baptist twenty - eight years ago . She sat there clutching the hands of her two children . Music ...
Page 86
... WOMAN OF STRENGTH , COURAGE AND FAITH Missionary Lillian Evans settles down and makes Heaven her permanent home ! October 17 , 1919 - February 12 , 1996 A Great Prayer Warrior has been called home ! Missionary Lillian Evans was born ...
... WOMAN OF STRENGTH , COURAGE AND FAITH Missionary Lillian Evans settles down and makes Heaven her permanent home ! October 17 , 1919 - February 12 , 1996 A Great Prayer Warrior has been called home ! Missionary Lillian Evans was born ...
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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