Article 5DFCZ Louisiana cemetery told family of Black deputy he couldn't be buried due to 'whites only' policy

Louisiana cemetery told family of Black deputy he couldn't be buried due to 'whites only' policy

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Oaklin Springs cemetery's board has since voted to remove the whites-only provision from its sales contracts

The family of a Black sheriff's deputy in Louisiana said a local cemetery declined to bury his body after he died last week due to a whites only" policy.

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