Podcasts Health Grief Out Loud Ep. 156: Death As Resistance - Dr. Kami Fletcher

Ep. 156: Death As Resistance - Dr. Kami Fletcher

Published: July 14, 2020, 4:50 p.m.

How\xa0do\xa0historic and\xa0present-day\xa0death rituals and funeral practices in the Black community\xa0serve as\xa0acts of resistance? Dr. Kami Fletcher is a historian and death scholar whose research focuses on the history of African American deathways\xa0and\xa0deathwork. She is an\xa0Associate professor of American & African American History at Albright College\xa0and the\xa0President of The Collective for Radical Death Studies.\xa0We talk about a lot in this episode, including the oldest African American cemetery, Mt. Auburn,\xa0the ways\xa0the institution of slavery suppressed African American\xa0death rituals,\xa0how funeral practices in the Black community serve as acts of resistance, and how the modern-day practice of RIP t-shirts played a role in Dr. Fletcher\u2019s personal grief after her cousin Willie died in 2017. \xa0

Follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter (@kamifletcher36)\xa0\xa0
The\xa0Collective\xa0for Radical Death Studies\xa0
Dr. Fletcher\u2019s most recent book -\xa0Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed