To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death
by Suzanne E. Smith
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Hardback. New. 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title
- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death
- Author
- Suzanne E. Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674036212
- ISBN 13
- 9780674036215
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- This edition first published
- 02/26/2014
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