Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery in Maringouin remains divided by race
By Allison Kadlubar, Bailee Hoggatt and Ezekiel Robinson LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Jessica Tilson spent many Sunday mornings in the early 1980s playing outside with her white friends under the shady oak trees in front of the fleur-de-lis stained glass windows of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Maringouin. But as soon as the church bells rang, they parted. “When it was time to go into the church, it was time to split up,” Tilson said. The church has a main entrance with double doors, but members typically enter through separate doors on the sides of the bui...
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