Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Rosenblatt is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and is the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards and distinctions. He currently sits on the editorial boards of Death Studies, the Journal of Loss and Trauma, Mortality, the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, and the Journal of Marriage and Family. He is author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Impact of Racism on African American Families, Grief and Mourning in Cross-Cultural Perspective, and Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices. Beverly R. Wallace, M.Ed., M.Div., Ph.D., is an associate professor of congregational and community care at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has been teaching courses on grief and loss for more than a decade at seminaries around the country. She has experience as a chaplain and pastor at a number of institutions and is the codeveloper of the End-of-Life Inclusion Project. Beverly Wallace is herself African American and interviewed all 26 of the people discussed in this book.