Carl Joseph James Jr., a 27-year-old Black man, died on July 19, 2014, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at Baton Rouge General Hospital Mid City.
In the days that followed, his family�s grief became public in the way it so often does in south Louisiana: through the rhythm of church doors opening, relatives traveling in, and a community preparing to say goodbye. Notices for his services placed him at the center of a tight circle of family, naming his mother, Felicia Williams, and remembering hi
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