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National Hospice Month: Blacks can embrace death with dignity

November 3, 2011   // 0 Comments

by Clarene Mitchell “It’s been too hard living but I’m afraid to die ‘cause I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky.” The above lyrics are from Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come. This song was an anthem of the 1960’s civil rights movement, but it is also very telling of how death is viewed amongst the Black population. Although Blacks are generally very spiritual with a strong belief in...

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