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Four days after his death, in the shed-1'ke white church at the end of a rutted whiteclay road, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered to funeralize Uncle Row. Outside, the men stood in farm clothes or funeral-black town clothes. Inside, the preacher's voice was solemn, thin and reedy. The congregation murmured, its responses gathering resonance and urgency. Intoned the preacher: "We got a race to run for God, running to beat the devil who is trying to defeat us. Have faith in God, run on." The congregation chanted: "Run on. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Funeralizing Uncle Row | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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