A south Louisiana police department has launched an investigation after several headstones and urns were damaged or displaced at a cemetery over the weekend. In addition, some of the graves at Denham ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OBERLIN, La. (NEXSTAR) — The board of a ...

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 ...

The cemetery clause stated only ‘remains of white human beings’ can be accepted A Louisiana officer who recently passed away was denied access to be buried with fellow officers because he was Black.

(CNN) — When Karla Semien went to a cemetery to pick out a plot where her late husband would be buried, it was as if she’d stepped back into the 1950’s. Her husband Darrell Semien, a sheriff’s deputy ...

On the last Monday of January, Ralph McHenry Boudreaux was buried in grave 499 at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell, capping a service steeped in military precision and pomp.

OBERLIN, La. (NEXSTAR) – The board of a Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a Black sheriff’s deputy is holding an emergency meeting Thursday to remove a whites-only provision from its sales ...