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Kami Fletcher
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Kami Fletcher is an associate professor of African diasporic history at Goucher College, specializing in the intersection of race, gender, and mortality. Her research focuses on African American burial grounds, historical Black undertakers, and contemporary mourning rituals. A prolific editor and author, she recently co-edited Grave History: Death, Race & Gender in Southern Cemeteries from Antebellum to the Post-Civil Rights Era (2023) and is currently guest editing a special issue of Southern Cultures on "Death and Grieving."