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29 lip 2020 · 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.
Since 2005, the Texana/Genealogy Department at SAPL has collected nearly 4,500 African-American funeral programs that date from 1935 to present day through donations from the local black community. The University of North Texas’ Portal to Texas History has digitized 3,775 of them and made them available online.
4 sie 2015 · A funeral resolution is a rite of passage in many African-American churches. Typically a serious and reverent part of the service, it may be delivered by a member of the clergy, a family member or a close friend.
8 lut 2021 · From the ways in which white supremacy undergird African American deathways, to the ways in which Black mourners courageously used their grief to demand societal change in policies and laws that long oppressed Black communities, the world took notice of Black grief, mourning, and burial.
26 lip 2023 · In a segregated Jim Crow world, black undertakers provided vital services to the black community by preparing bodies for burial in a manner respectful of their customs and traditions. Black funeral homes were among the most profitable black endeavors, along with black bars, black beauty and barber salons, and the black church.
The over 1,000 programs in this collection highlight the lives of those who have passed away since 1935 in the African American community of Bexar County.
31 sty 2023 · This disallowance led enslaved people to perform funeral ceremonies in “hush harbors” — hidden, sacred places where enslaved Africans could freely perform funeral rituals that fused African traditions with those of Christianity.
