Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home
Black Deaths Matter: Earning the Right to Live—Death and the African-American Funeral Home recounts the history of black funeral homes in the United States and their role in demanding justice for bodies of color and the black community. Through funeral pageantry and vigilant support for local commun...
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| description | Black Deaths Matter: Earning the Right to Live—Death and the African-American Funeral Home recounts the history of black funeral homes in the United States and their role in demanding justice for bodies of color and the black community. Through funeral pageantry and vigilant support for local communities, the African American funeral home has been central to ensuring that not only do Black Lives Matter, but black deaths count and are visible to the larger community. This paper is a slightly expanded version of the plenary talk for the Centre for Death and Society’s Politics of Death Conference at the University of Bath on 9 June 2018. This research and talk were supported by The Louisville Institute under the Project Grant for Researchers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fd69465b29d43fd846e0f5d7af25c542023-11-20T08:18:47ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442020-07-0111839010.3390/rel11080390Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral HomeCandi K. Cann0Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USABlack Deaths Matter: Earning the Right to Live—Death and the African-American Funeral Home recounts the history of black funeral homes in the United States and their role in demanding justice for bodies of color and the black community. Through funeral pageantry and vigilant support for local communities, the African American funeral home has been central to ensuring that not only do Black Lives Matter, but black deaths count and are visible to the larger community. This paper is a slightly expanded version of the plenary talk for the Centre for Death and Society’s Politics of Death Conference at the University of Bath on 9 June 2018. This research and talk were supported by The Louisville Institute under the Project Grant for Researchers.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/8/390deathAfrican American funeral homesAfrican American deathwaysGeorge FloydEmmett TillBlack Lives Matter |
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| title | Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home |
| title_full | Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home |
| title_fullStr | Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home |
| title_full_unstemmed | Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home |
| title_short | Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home |
| title_sort | black deaths matter earning the right to live death and the african american funeral home |
| topic | death African American funeral homes African American deathways George Floyd Emmett Till Black Lives Matter |
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