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Related: About this forumAnother black church burns after NAACP warns about suspected arson attacks
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-black-churches-naacp-20150630-story.htmlThe charred remains of the back left wing of Briar Creek Road Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., on June 24. (Davie Hinshaw / Charlotte Observer)
By MATT PEARCE
June 30, 2016, 10:36 PM
The NAACP warned black churches Tuesday to take "necessary precautions" as authorities in Southern states investigate whether several church fires over the last week were arsons.
Citing a series of arsons that struck black churches across the South in the 1990s, the NAACP used a Twitter hashtag that went viral this week and tweeted Tuesday, "Almost 20 years later, we must again ask, #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches?"
Hours later, another historically black church went up in flames.
Tuesday's fire at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, S.C. -- about 60 miles north of Charleston -- comes 20 years after the same congregation's church was burned to the ground by men with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
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Another black church burns after NAACP warns about suspected arson attacks (Original Post)
cbayer
Jul 2015
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. When John Roberts Said There Isn’t Enough Racism In America To Justify The Voting Rights Act ...
... he was wrong.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. Blind, just plain blind.
He lives in a fairy tale.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. Today they say NOT Arson...
I posted the same story yesterday and just now had to update it.
Link:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2e66bc3a7abb46c795592f38b2a64d39/officials-firefighters-battling-blaze-black-church-sc
cbayer
(146,218 posts)4. "The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case"
According to your article, it's still under investigation.
I'm going to hold back until there is more info.