Black-owned Burr Oak Cemetery, resting place of Emmett Till, heads toward National Register listing

The Alsip cemetery is the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, rapper King Von, singer Dinah Washington and generations of other prominent figures.
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Mighty oak tree is a crucial keystone plant

Fall is an ideal time to consider planting an oak tree. The mighty oak, America’s National Tree, is visually appealing, with this wide leafy crown and broadly spreading limbs. Yet, it is more than a ...