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[https://www.propublica.org/article/abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-illinois-jerrel-floyd by Jerrel Floyd 29/6/18 PROPUBLICA] | [https://www.propublica.org/article/abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-illinois-jerrel-floyd by Jerrel Floyd 29/6/18 PROPUBLICA] | ||
To get to St. George Cemetery, especially its oldest section, you have to make your way past branches and thorns, across the weathered hills and over downed trees. Eventually, dozens of scattered headstones, some of them knocked over, come into view. And there, sitting upright, is the gravestone of William Chapman, an African-American veteran of the Civil War who died March 21, 1904. | To get to St. George Cemetery, especially its oldest section, you have to make your way past branches and thorns, across the weathered hills and over downed trees. Eventually, dozens of scattered headstones, some of them knocked over, come into view. And there, sitting upright, is the gravestone of William Chapman, an African-American veteran of the Civil War who died March 21, 1904. | ||
=====Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law===== | |||
[https://www.propublica.org/article/living-apart-how-the-government-betrayed-a-landmark-civil-rights-law by Nikole Hannah-Jones 25/6/15 PROPUBLICA] | |||
On Wednesday, the administration announced an effort it said would put some muscle behind the slogan, saying it would enforce a new set of rules involving federally subsidized housing that require cities and counties to actively document and combat segregation in their communities. | |||
