Maurice White

Maurice Lamar White, a 31-year-old Black man from Detroit, Michigan, was born on March 15, 1986, and died on April 3, 2017. In the days that followed, what became visible to the public was not a clear account of how he was lost, but the familiar, heavy outline of what comes after: the arrangements, the gathering of loved ones, the steady work of trying to honor a life in the middle of grief.

For the people who knew him, the calendar filled with moments meant to hold one another up. Visita ...