The book offers a fascinating history of how African American funeral directors have been integral to the fight for freedom. From the beginning, this tension between personal gain and community service shaped the history of African American funeral directing. With the dawning of the civil rights age, these entrepreneurs were drawn into the movement to integrate American society, but were also uncertain how racial integration would affect their business success. During the Jim Crow era, black funeral directors relied on racial segregation to secure their foothold in America's capitalist marketplace. Most important, their financial freedom gave them the ability to support the struggle for civil rights and, indeed, to serve the living as well as bury the dead. As entrepreneurs in a largely segregated trade, they were among the few Black individuals in any community who were economically independent and not beholden to the local white power structure. All other correspondence will be welcomed by the Editor The contents of this. use of audiology devices (FM transmitter and hearing aids).
From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or "homegoing" ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. funded through the HBCU grant program, funded by the Historic Preservation Fund, and administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior. PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND THE. Emma uses an FM transmitter, for which the teacher or directed communication partner wears.