Segregation in American Cemeteries

Even in death, true equality is elusive.

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The Jim Crow era brought about some of the most pointless divisions in America. Restaurants, buses, schools, churches, and even cemeteries were segregated by race. This left many black people without a place to bury their dead. To solve this problem, black people began starting funeral homes as a way to serve their communities as well as…