ACLU of Louisiana Asks All Local Institutions to Identify and Void Racist Policies and Covenants as Oaklin Springs Cemetery Removes 'Whites Only' Language From Sales Contract

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 26 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release:

This past January, after a Black man was denied burial at Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin, LA, the ACLU of Louisiana promptly issued a letter urging the cemetery's board to revise their governing body's bylaws and eradicate any "whites only" provision, language, or references. The cemetery later removed all race-based restrictions from their burial contr . . .

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