To Serve the Living : Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.

By:

Smith, Suzanne E

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674054646

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: To Serve the LivingDDC classification:

363.7508996073

LOC classification:

GT3203

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him -- 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors -- 2. The Colored Embalmer -- 3. My Man's an Undertaker -- 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any -- 5. The African American Way of Death -- Epilogue: She Has Gone Home -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: In the "hush harbors" of the slave quarters, African Americans first used funerals to bury their dead and to plan a path to freedom. Similarly, throughout the long struggle for racial equality in the 20th century, funeral directors aided the cause by honoring the dead while supporting the living. Here is their story.

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In the "hush harbors" of the slave quarters, African Americans first used funerals to bury their dead and to plan a path to freedom. Similarly, throughout the long struggle for racial equality in the 20th century, funeral directors aided the cause by honoring the dead while supporting the living. Here is their story.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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