Black-owned funeral homes serve as vital cultural institutions. Among the first businesses established by African Americans after slavery, these family-owned establishments have maintained important ...

For generations, the funeral home has been more than a place of business in Black communities. It has been a trusted gathering place, a source of leadership, and a pillar of support during some of ...

"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 ...

Despite the many adversities they have encountered – or, perhaps, because of them – Black people have a long history of entrepreneurship, and their innovation has had lasting impacts on Black families ...

Losing a loved one is hard enough. But when you're also the one making the arrangements, planning the service, and trying to hold it together for everyone else? That grief gets layered with stress, ...

PBS will air acclaimed documentary “Homegoings” from filmmaker Christine Turner. The film is told through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens and filmed at his Harlem-based Owens Funeral Home.

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 ...