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To serve the living funeral directors and the African American way of death /

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Main Author:	Smith, Suzanne E., 1964-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States. African Americans > Funeral customs and rites. African Americans > Social life and customs. Undertakers and undertaking > United States. United States > Social life and customs. Electronic books.
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