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Burr Oak Cemetery is a cemetery located in Alsip, Illinois, United States, a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois.Established in 1927, Burr Oak was one of the few early Chicago cemeteries focused on the needs of the African-American community, it is the final resting place of many black celebrities, including Chicago blues musicians, athletes, and other notables.
Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery Cady Cemetery Inverness: Calvary (Steger) Steger: 1907 Calvary Cemetery: Evanston: 1859 Catholic 5] Cedar Park Cemetery 12540 S. Halsted St., Calumet Park: 1924 Chapel Hills Gardens South 11333 S. Central Ave.,Oak Lawn: 1927 Charity Cemetery
People buried at Burr Oak Cemetery. Pages in category "Burials at Burr Oak Cemetery" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Beverly Memorial Park, Burr Oak Cemetery, Chapel Hills Gardens South, Ever Rest (historical), Evergreen, First Evangelical Lutheran, Hazel Green, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Lincoln Cemetery, Mount Greenwood, Mount Hope, Oak Hill, Restvale Cemetery, Saint Benedict Catholic, Saint Mary's and Sauerbier-Burkhardt.
Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, cries over her son’s casket at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, September 6, 1955. getty images Patton was white and Black. He was Mississippi—one part of ...
Burr Oak Cemetery has become well known as one of the few cemeteries that has historically focused on the needs of the African American community, it is the final resting place of many black celebrities, including Chicago blues musicians, athletes, and other notables.
In 1927, Dickerson was instrumental in establishing Burr Oak Cemetery, one of the few African American cemeteries in southwestern Cook County. Later, during the Great Depression, Dickerson helped persuade Supreme Liberty Life Insurance to step in and save the cemetery after Burr Oak defaulted on its mortgage. [14]
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