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Segregation in Life as in Death (segment 6)

Notably, so called black cemeteries that were abandoned because those “folks just don’t care” was disproven. When the plantations folded during the depression, auctioned off and petrochemical plants took over the land – especially along the transportation corridor of the … Continue reading

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People are Strange when You Are a Stranger (segment 5)

I had some of the most interesting encounters as I visited graveyards in Louisiana or did research at various archives. Upon leaving a newspaper office where I was researching historic articles, after a news cast on Christmas Eve described my … Continue reading

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