Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, Illinois)

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Burr Oak Cemetery is located in Alsip, Illinois on 127th St. (Burr Oak St.) and Cicero Ave.

Burr Oak is a historically African American-cemetery. It is the burial site of Emmett Till.

It is also the site of a horrific 2009 scandal involving the digging up of bodies and re-sale of burial plots.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Oak_Cemetery_and_Restvale_Cemetery

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Coordinates: 41°39'55"N 87°44'1"W

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