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Opinion: A cemetery told Darrell Semien s family he couldn t be buried there because he was Black. I wasn t shocked.
Bill Janz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Semien family.
You might think that this happened 200 years ago, but it happened just a few days ago.
The body of Darrell Semien was rejected for burial in a Louisiana cemetery because he was Black. He had been a deputy sheriff for 15 years, putting his life on the line for his community, and he helped raise 72 foster children. Didn t matter. He was Black.
Maybe murderers were buried in that cemetery, or a couple of rapists or bank robbers, but that didn t matter either, they were white. ....

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