Front cover; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Grief and Life Span; Chapter 2. Racism as a Cause of Death; Chapter 3. Racism and Discrimination in the Life of the Deceased; Chapter 4. Visitations, Wakes, and Funerals; Chapter 5. African American Institutions for Dealing with Death; Chapter 6. How People Talked about Grief; Chapter 7. Grief Soon after the Death; Chapter 8. Meaning Making; Chapter 9. Grief Over the Long Run; Chapter 10. The Family Grief Process; Chapter 11. God; Chapter 12. Being Strong in Grief
Summary
It is often convenient to assume that grief is a basic human process, akin to breathing, sleeping, or walking