Louisiana cemetery changes whites only sales provision after black police officer denied burial
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JanJanuary 2021 at 11:15pm
The Oaklin Springs Cemetery board met on Thursday to change a whites only provision in its sales contracts.
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The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a black sheriff s deputy has held an emergency meeting and removed a whites only provision from its sales contracts.
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The board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery said they were unaware of the horrible policy
He said the board members removed the word white from a contract stipulation that specified white human beings