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May 23, 1996

Church Leaders Investigate Firebombings of Black Churches Across the South

96-1478

Episcopal News Service
Nan Cobbey, Features Editor of Episcopal Life

[Episcopal Church Joins in...]
Episcopal Church Joins in Investigation of Fires at Black Churches. The Rev. Levi Pickens views the remains of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Boligee, Alabama. The church, one of 50 black churches set on fire in recent years, burned December 22, 1995.Pickens met in April with an ecumenical investigating team from the National Council of Churches that is trying to draw attention to the arsons. He lost his leg 50 years ago to an infection. (Episcopal News Service photo by Karim Shamsi-Basha)