Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States

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cemetery

Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois is a historically significant African-American burial ground known for being the resting place of civil rights figure Mamie Till-Mobley and other notable Black Americans.

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Label	Occurrences
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States canonical	2

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith	Emmett Till murder case ⓘ civil rights history in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	important site of remembrance for African-American community in Chicago area ⓘ
ethnicFocus	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn	20th century ⓘ
hasGraveOf	Emmett Till (original grave site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSection	sections dedicated to African-American burials ⓘ
hasType	commercial cemetery ⓘ
heritage	African-American history ⓘ
locatedIn	Alsip, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Cook County, Illinois ⓘ Illinois ⓘ
locatedNear	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBurial	Dinah Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ Ezzard Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ other notable Black Americans ⓘ
partOf	network of historically Black cemeteries in the United States ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
significance	historically significant African-American burial ground ⓘ
usedFor	burial ⓘ memorialization ⓘ

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Mamie Till-Mobley → burialPlace → Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States ⓘ

Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on open-casket funeral → burialPlace → Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley