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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 ...

  The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a Black sheriff's deputy held an emergency meeting Thursday and removed a whites-only provision from its sales contracts. "When that meeting was over it was like a weight lifted off of me," H. Creig Vizena, board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery in southwest Louisiana, said Thursday night. He said he was stunned and ashamed to learn two days earlier that the family of Allen Parish Sheriff's Deputy Darrell Semien, who died Sunday, had been told that he could not be buried at the cemetery near Oberlin because he was Africa...

The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a Black sheriff's deputy held an emergency meeting Thursday and removed a whites-only provision from its sales contracts.“When t

Louisiana cemetery removes 'white human beings' policy after black deputy denied burial Mike Brest © Provided by Washington Examiner A Louisiana cemetery changed certain provisions after rules prevented it from allowing a black family to purchase a burial plot for a relative in law enforcement. Allen Parish Sheriff's Deputy Darrell Semien died on Sunday, and his widow was told days later that he couldn’t be buried at the Oaklin Springs Cemetery because of specific language in the sales contract, she said. The contract stipulation said, “The right of burial of the remain...

Darrell Semien The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a black sheriff's deputy held an emergency meeting Thursday and removed a whites-only provision from its sales contracts. “When that meeting was over it was like a weight lifted off of me,” H Creig Vizena, board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery in southwest Louisiana, said Thursday night. He said he was stunned and ashamed to learn two days earlier that the family of Allen Parish Sheriff's Deputy Darrell Semien, who died Sunday, had been told that he could not be buried at the cemetery near Oberlin because ...