Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Horrible Burr Oak Cemetery Story

From the Chicago Tribune:
"Authorities today sharply increased the estimate of the number of bodeis disinterred at Burr Oak Cemetery in southwest suburban Alsip in a scheme to illegaly resell grave sites.
"Two to 300 bodies were dug up and dumped into an isolted, weedy area of the cemetery, where many prominent African-Americans are buried, including Emmett Till."

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