To serve the living
Funeral customs and rites
Undertakers and undertaking
African americans, social life and customs
Funeral rites and ceremonies
United states, social life and customs
Manners and customs
African Americans
Social life and customs
History
"From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or "home-going" ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. As entrepreneurs in a largely segregated trade, they were among the few black individuals in any community who were economically …
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