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The board of the Oaklin Springs Cemetery has since repealed the clause. By Story at a glance Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin, southwest Louisiana, declined to bury Officer Darrell Semien due to his race. The issue of racism and segregation has appeared in U.S. cemeteries for centuries. The board of a cemetery in Oberlin, La., has issued an apology after it denied to bury a Black sheriff’s deputy in light of an arcane rule only allowing white persons to be buried within the cemetery. The Associated Press reports that on Thursday, the board of the Oaklin Springs Cemetery held an emergency meeting to remove the whites-only provision from its plot sales contracts. ....
Allen Parish family outraged after being denied burial plot Allen Parish family outraged after being denied burial plot and last updated 2021-01-27 23:19:41-05 Madison and Shayla Semien were left in shock when they recently visited Oaklin Spring Cemetery near Oakdale to get a plot for their father, Darrell Semien. She just looked us cold in the face, and straight up said, I can t sell you a plot, Madison said. She said, Unfortunately I m unable to sell you a plot, this graveyard is not for people of color, it s white human being cemetery only, Shayla added. According to the Semiens, the woman at the cemetery had a contract in her hands, which read, The Right of Burial of the Remains of White Human Beings. ....