Julian Reeder’s family was hard to miss amid the sea of black-clad mourners at Riverdale’s Fountain of Faith Missionary Baptist Church one Friday in January. They were dressed in white, matching the ...

Commentator John McCann explains the hardships a black-owned funeral home went through when the government stepped in to take the property without consent of the owner. McCann is a columnist for The ...

"From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or "home-going" ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. As entrepreneurs in a largely ...

Editors note: Corrections have been made to the original article - KRIS 6 News has since learned that Paula Porter is not the only Black female funeral director. in Corpus Christi. Born and raised in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Losing a loved one is hard enough. But when you’re also the one making the arrangements, planning the service, and trying to hold ...

Michigan's first Black-owned cemetery and oldest African American corporation is celebrating 100 years of service to the community. In 1925, a group of African American funeral directors convened to ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Historic Athens hosted their monthly “History Hour” at the Lyndon House Art Center ...