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To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death Suzanne E. Smith
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To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death
Suzanne E. Smith
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.
288 pages, 12 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 25, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674036215 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 149 × 26 mm · 468 g |
