Gulfport Mayor Apologizes For Segregation-Era Cemetery
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Mayor George Schloegel (SHLAY' guhl) took the opportunity of the Veterans Day holiday to apologize to families of African-American members of the U.S. military who weren't allowed to be buried in the city cemetery during times of segregation decades ago.
Schloegel appeared at a Veterans Day service in downtown Gulfport on Monday. The SunHerald reports that he honored three black men from the city who had died in Vietnam, but weren't allowed to be buried on city property.




