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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...

Segregated cemeteries still ‘haunt’ Louisiana Segregated cemeteries still 'haunt' Louisiana By Allison Kadlubar, Bailee Hoggatt and Ezekiel Robinson | May 10, 2021 at 10:33 AM CDT - Updated May 11 at 9:25 AM BATON ROUGE (WVUE) - 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,â€...

ACLU asks local organizations to review policies after Oaklin Springs Cemetery removes “Whites Only” provision ACLU of Louisiana (Source: ACLU of Louisiana) By Patrick Deaville | February 25, 2021 at 11:39 AM CST - Updated February 25 at 11:43 AM OBERLIN, La. (KPLC) - The ALCU of Louisiana is asking local organizations to join Oaklin Springs Cemetery in reviewing and revising lingering racist policies following the cemetery’s recent decision to remove their “whites only” provision. In January of 2021, the ACLU issued a letter to the Oberlin cemetery after offic...

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 © Karla Semien 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, ...