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To care for the sick and bury the dead : African American lodges and cemeteries in Tennessee
- Title
- To care for the sick and bury the dead : African American lodges and cemeteries in Tennessee / Leigh Ann Gardner.
- Author
- Gardner, Leigh Ann
- Publication
- Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 282 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "A history of Tennessee's African American lodges and their cemeteries"--
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- African American fraternal organizations > Tennessee > History > 19th century
- African American fraternal organizations > Tennessee > History > 20th century
- African American cemeteries > Tennessee
- African Americans > Tennessee > Social life and customs
- African Americans > Segregation > Tennessee
- African American cemeteries
- African American fraternal organizations
- African Americans > Segregation
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- Tennessee
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
- Contents
- A time of change: Tennessee between 1865 and 1930 -- The rise of fraternalism -- Lodge cemeteries in Tennessee -- Importance of fraternalism and benevolence in the African American community -- The importance of funerals and cemeteries in fraternalism -- Remembering the dead: commemoration in lodge cemeteries -- Segregated landscapes -- The silences of the lodge cemeteries: "unmarked" graves and hiding in plain sight -- The persistence of lodges and lodge cemeteries.
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-352
- ISBN
- 9780826502537
- 0826502539
- LCCN
- 2021043728
- OCLC
- 1263865638
- Author
- Gardner, Leigh Ann, author.
- Title
- To care for the sick and bury the dead : African American lodges and cemeteries in Tennessee / Leigh Ann Gardner.
- Publisher
- Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-352