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A Louisiana whites-only cemetery refused to bury a Black sheriff's deputy.

A Louisiana whites-only cemetery refused to bury a Black sheriff's deputy.

Louisiana cemetery changes whites only sales provision after black police officer denied burial Posted FriFriday 29 updated FriFriday 29 JanJanuary 2021 at 11:15pm The Oaklin Springs Cemetery board met on Thursday to change a whites only provision in its sales contracts. ( Share Print text only Cancel 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. Key points: The board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery said they were unaware of the "horrible" policy He said ...

| Credit: ardoin funeral home 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 Following You'll get the lates...

Jan 30, 2021 / 04:39 PM EST (CNN) — When Karla Semien went to a cemetery to pick out a plot where her late husband would be buried, it was as if she’d stepped back into the 1950s. Her husband Darrell Semien, a sheriff’s deputy for Allen Parish, Louisiana, died on Jan. 24 after being diagnosed with cancer in December, CNN affiliate KPLC reported. Semien went to Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin earlier this week to inquire about laying her husband to rest there. But a woman at the cemetery turned her away because her husband was African American. “I met with the lady out there and...