- African Americans in Kansas and the West
For more than 100 years, "approximately one resident out of five" in Wyandotte, later Kansas City, Kans , has been African-American; this study looks at community development among blacks to about 1920, focusing on the turn of the century
- African American Burial Networks and Practices - ArcGIS StoryMaps
This section will explore some of the burial practices associated with African American funerals and more specifically, at Geer Cemetery It is important to note that, while this section delves into several burial practices, customs vary over time
- The Black Family: Historical Representations in the Kansas Region
From Spencer’s African American Experience Collections, I selected the following visual items to highlight the Black Family in the Kansas Region as representations of Black Love, Pride and Strength during the era of Jim Crow John Wilson family of La Cygne, Linn County, Kansas, 1907 O’Dell-Wilson Family Photographs Collection
- African Burial Customs in the United States, a story
In early American slavery, funeral customs were among the few areas of Black life where slave owners tended not to intrude Despite the massive conversion of Africans to Christianity, they retained many of their former rituals associated with the respect of the dead
- Black Funerals: Traditions Etiquette For African American Homegoings
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
- Perpetual Persistence: The African American Community of Manhattan . . .
Kansas: most commonly known as the premier flyover state, home to political conservatives, relatively flat landscape, Civil War ties, and the place that shares a city with Missouri However, Kansas also has an extremely rich African American history Of all the cities
- A Rich History: African American Funeral Traditions
Historically, the African American funeral drew not only on traditions that date back to Egypt and West Africa but also on the rituals formed during and immediately following the years of enslavement in the United States
- 18th Vine — African American Heritage Trail of Kansas City
The 18th and Vine District, became Kansas City’s hub for African Americans after many moved from decaying neighborhoods nearby the Missouri River It quickly became the heart of Kansas City’s Black business Many of the buildings were built and designed by African Americans
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