The White Cemetery whites could not be buried in the White Cemetery. Blacks could not be buried christopher putzel in the nations latest flashpoint. The Texas Community where a black woman died in police custody. Is this really the most racist county in the Lone Star State . Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. What began as a routine traffic stop devolved into a flashpoint reigniting the debate over race and justice in america. Ground zero this time is outside houston, Waller County where an African American woman died. The circumstances are under investigation. A bitter history lies behind the allegation. America tonights christopher putzel looks at both sides of that claim. Reporter Waller County texas, a sleepy rural working class area a short drive from houston. An area where sandra bland died in police custody. You failed to signal a lane change, do you have your drivers licence. Reporter a texas trooper pulled bland over for not signalling. An altercation ensued. Get out of t
Coming today, tomorrow and day after that, yeah, we have got an interesting weather week, even though we will see a little bit of action on ultimate Doppler Radar none of it is anywhere close to us. So the snow stays up in toronto, and the rain stays out to the midwest, High Pressure is our weather maker which means there is not the a lot of action but it is weather that a lot of people like, so we are above freezing to start at least for actual temperatures but factor in the breeze and 34 degrees feels like 29 out there this morning. We are off to a bit of the chilly start today with 25 degrees in a allentown. Thirty in trenton. Twentyeight atlantic city. Thirtythree in dover, delaware. Some of the wind are up there with 12 miles an hour in mount pocono making it feel chillier then it is. Here we go plenty of sunshine for today, we will be in the mid 50 as by lunchtime and we should top off at 60 degrees, a milder day then what we had over the weekend because we had chilly weather and
Neglected and have few archival records regarding the burial. Ms. Rainville talks about how people can contribute to documenting these. [applause] ms. Rainville welcome today and thank you for coming on a lovely day. What i want to do in todays talk is take you through the process of locating old cemeteries, what you do when you find him, why they are important and what you can learn from , them. Very much a guidebook to these historic sites. I should say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding old cemeteries, while my research is focused on africanamerican cemeteries, very often pertains to white cemeteries and other cemeteries of the areas backgrounds. In terms of my research i , focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in virginia, amherst county, nelson county. These are scientifically chosen. It had to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted to to go to work. [laughter] ms. Rainville it means if you are asking on counties not on that route, i will
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Hideouts for the paranormal seem to be what Illinois does best. However, this cemetery may be SO active with ghosts that it haunts an entire road in Barrington.