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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

12-31-69

A History of Church Arsons in the U.S. South [3min]

Debbie Elliott gets an update on the investigation into the string of church arson attacks in rural Alabama with Jim Cavanaugh, a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Alabama. Cavanaugh puts the latest crimes in the context of a history of church burnings in the South.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"