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A.P. Williams Funeral Home is a historic African-American funeral home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1893 and 1911 as a single-family residence, and is a two-story frame building with a hipped roof with gables and a columned porch. At that time, it was one of six funeral homes that served black customers.
In 1925, Angelus Funeral Home was the first Black-owned business to be incorporated in California. The building was designed by noted African-American architect Paul R. Williams in the Spanish Colonial and Georgian Revival styles and also includes Art Deco elements.
A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven. History [ edit ] In 1803, a slave ship landed in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with captive Africans from Nigeria carrying a cargo of Igbo people.
African-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th ... home, and community life. ... funeral parlors and the like.
The Henderson House is a historic building in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The house was built in the late 19th or early 20th century, and was notably owned by Leonard Pearl Henderson, who made the property a hub for traveling Black entertainers. The building was at risk for demolition in 2022–2023, as the Ohio State ...
Velma Louise Gaines Hamock (May 25, 1910 – October 3, 2000) was an American funeral home owner in Paducah, Kentucky.In 1949 she inherited the business, at one time the only African-American owned funeral home in the city, after the death of her husband A. Z. Hamock.
Coordinates: 29°59′23.17″N 95°25′50.17″W. National Museum of Funeral History. The National Museum of Funeral History is a museum in Houston, Texas, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics that aim to "educate the public and preserve the heritage of death care." The 35,000-square-foot museum opened in 1992.
Homegoings. Homegoings is a 2013 documentary film directed by Christine Turner about the Owens Funeral Home on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, exploring African-American death rituals through the work of funeral home director Isaiah Owens. The film premiered February 28 at the Museum of Modern Art 's 'Documentary Fortnight 2013' showcase, before airing ...