Louisiana cemetery changes whites only sales provision after black police officer denied burial
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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
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The family of a Black sheriff s deputy in Louisiana is speaking out after they were denied a burial spot for him at a local cemetery due to its whites only policy.
Darrell Semien of the Allen Parish Sheriff s Office died on Sunday at the age of 55, according to his online obituary. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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When Semien s wife went to Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin to make funeral arraignments, she was refused a plot because he was not white, KPLC-TV reported.
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