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“Racism Blamed in Shock Wave of ,” read the screaming headline in the New York Daily News. “The South is Burning: A Rash of Torching at Black Churches Has Resurrected the Ugly Specter of Racism,” chimed in the Toronto Star. Newsweek warned of “Terror in ....

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.... Eventually, he passed a law authorizing 12 million dollars to fight arsons of churches. During a passionate speech President Clinton shared that he had, “vivid and painful memories of black churches being burned in my own state when I was a child.” Ironically, historians and civil rights activists in Arkansas could find no mention of any church arsons in the state during his childhood. Furthermore, Al Gore was quoted “For a very large number of the burnings, what you will find ultimately, I predict, is that a common thread of underlying racism is present.”(Elven 2) “The had all the makings of a great story: mystery, race, religion an ....