4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Abbreviations x
4. Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him 1
5. 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors 15
6. 2. The Colored Embalmer 46
7. 3. My Man’s an Undertaker 79
8. 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any 112
9. 5. The African American Way of Death 156
10. Epilogue: She Has Gone Home 194
11. Notes 211
12. Acknowledgments 245
13. Index 251