ENDING SEGREGATION: CHARLESTON CEMETERY CHANGES POLICIES

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Saturday, March 1, 1997

CHARLESTON -- A 150-year tradition of separating whites and blacks in Charleston's Oak Grove Cemetery has been stopped.

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