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DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until a later date.\n\nThe Museum
  will host Professor Suzanne Smith who will give a lecture entitled To Ser
 ve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.  T
 his event is free and open to the public. 
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Free Lecture By Suzanne Smith on Apr 30\, 2014
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CATEGORIES:Lecture,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c
 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=8308\n\nThe title of the lectur
 e comes from Dr. Smith's book of the same name. To Serve the Living: Funer
 al Directors and the African American Way of Death explores the central ro
 le of funeral directors in African American life and how African American 
 funeral homes even had a role in the civil rights movement. To Serve the L
 iving was a finalist for Best Non-Fiction at the Library of Virginia's 14t
 h Annual Literary Awards. \n\nSuzanne E. Smith received her Ph.D. from Yal
 e University. She specializes in African American history with a particula
 r interest in exploring how the history of African American entrepreneursh
 ip can transform our understanding of African American culture.  Her curre
 nt research agenda focuses on the history of African American religion in 
 modern America. Professor Smith has done numerous interviews for National 
 Public Radio\, C-Span\, and the BBC as well as public lectures at the Rock
  and Roll Hall of Fame\, the Berklee College of Music\, and the National F
 uneral Directors Association Annual Meeting. \n\nThe lecture will be held 
 at the Alexandria Black History Museum at 7 p.m. on April 30th\, 2014. The
  Museum is located at 902 Wythe Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia 22314. It i
 s five blocks from the Braddock Road Metro Station on the Yellow and Blue 
 Lines. Street parking is available. For more information\, please call 703
 .746.4356.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nContact Ph
 one: 703.746.4356\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lecture\, Museums\, 
 Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://
 apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=8308
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LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Free Lecture By Suzanne Smith
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